Chapter Summaries

Primordial Lord of Heaven used the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner to defend against Bai Xuan and the other three sacred beasts, but their combined attacks shattered the formation and his giant palm. As their power pressed toward him, Primordial Lord of Heaven unleashed the Pangu Banner.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven strengthened the Wuji Earth Great Formation with the Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner and attacked the four sacred beasts with star arts.
• Bai Xuan opened the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, scattered the star arts with lightning, and struck the barrier with Plucking Stars and Seizing Moon.
• Bai Xuan transformed into his White Tiger true body, and the other three sacred beasts summoned the Four Symbols and the twenty-eight constellations to blast the formation.
• The four sacred beasts joined their attacks, cracked the formation, destroyed Primordial Lord of Heaven's small world, and broke his giant palm.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven shook the Pangu Banner and gathered its gray mist, golden runes, and Saint's might.

Pangu’s summoned True Spirit shattered the Four Symbols Array and restored the stars before Su Yang used a jade flute to recall his disciples and punish Dipamkara Buddha and three allies. Back in the Investiture of the Gods conflict, the Sanxiao Maidens’ Nine Bend Yellow River Formation captured Yang Jian and Jin Zha, and Muzha rushed in to confront them.

• Pangu’s phantom appeared from the Pangu Banner, destroyed the Four Symbols Array, and restored the disordered stars with a wave of his hand.
• A jade flute from the Earthly Immortal Realm met Pangu’s phantom, which dispersed; Su Yang then ordered Bai Xuan and the other three to return to their posts and sentenced Dipamkara Buddha and three others to a thousand years of secluded cultivation.
• The Shang and Zhou armies faced off, and Yang Jian challenged Bixiao before pursuing her into the Nine Bend Yellow River Formation.
• Yunxiao used the Hunyuan Golden Bucket to capture Yang Jian, then trapped Jin Zha when he entered the formation to rescue him.
• Muzha saw that Yang Jian and Jin Zha had been captured and charged into the formation, demanding that the Sanxiao release his brother.

The Sanxiao Maidens captured Muzha in the Nine Bend Yellow River Formation, while Kong Xuan returned to the Shang camp and revealed that his senior brother Bai Xuan was the Western White Tiger Holy Beast. Kong Xuan announced that he would soon leave for Biyou Palace, but first gave the Sanxiao Maidens and Zhao Gongming protective jade talismans refined by his master.

• Yunxiao pulled Muzha and his Wu Gou Treasure Sword into the Hunyuan Golden Bucket, and Jiang Ziya withdrew the Yu Xu forces to camp.
• Grand Tutor Wen welcomed Kong Xuan back and learned that Bai Xuan, who had driven off Dipamkara Buddha and four others, was the Western White Tiger Holy Beast.
• Kong Xuan told Wen Zhong that Dipamkara Buddha and the others had left, but refused to explain why.
• Wen Zhong promised temples and statues for the Jie Sect Immortals, but Kong Xuan said he would soon return to Biyou Palace and leave the mortal conflict.
• Kong Xuan gave the Three Xiaos and Zhao Gongming jade talismans made by his master, each able to ward off one great calamity of life and death.

The Three Sanxiao Maidens used the Hunyuan Golden Bucket to defeat the Jade Void Golden Immortals in the Nine Bend Yellow River Formation, while Immortal Official Nanji escaped and reported the disaster. Jiang Ziya prepared to welcome the Master of Jade Void Palace, who had already set out for Xiqi.

• Immortal Official Nanji delivered the sect leader’s decree ordering Yun Zhongzi to forge the Heaven-Piercing Divine Fire Pillar, then explained the Hunyuan Golden Bucket’s power to the Jade Void immortals.
• The Three Sanxiao Maidens confronted the Jade Void immortals, and Bixiao fought Chijingzi before Yunxiao captured him with the Golden Bucket.
• Yunxiao captured Guang Chengzi and the other Jade Void Golden Immortals in the formation, while Immortal Official Nanji escaped and Yun Zhongzi remained away from the battlefield.
• Immortal Official Nanji reported the defeat to Jiang Ziya and hurried to Kunlun, where White Crane Boy told him the Master had already departed for Xiqi.
• Jiang Ziya bathed, changed, and waited with incense to welcome the Master’s arrival.

Primordial Lord of Heaven and Laozi entered the Nine Bend Yellow River Formation to deal with the Three Xiaos and the trapped Jade Void disciples. Laozi subdued Bixiao and Yunxiao, while Su Yang’s talisman saved Qiongxiao from Primordial Lord of Heaven’s strike.

• Jiang Ziya asked Primordial Lord of Heaven to rescue the Jade Void disciples trapped in the formation, and the Heavenly Lord inspected them before waiting for Laozi.
• Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao refused to kneel to Laozi, then retreated into the formation as the two Saints entered.
• Bixiao attacked Laozi with the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors and Hunyuan Golden Bucket, but Laozi seized the treasures and sent the bucket to Jade Void Palace.
• Laozi used the Heaven and Earth Diagram to wrap Yunxiao and send her to be suppressed beneath Qilin Cliff.
• Qiongxiao rushed at Primordial Lord of Heaven, but Su Yang’s jade talisman blocked the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi and saved her life.

Primordial Lord of Heaven captured the Three Xiaos and Zhao Gongming, while the collapse of the Ten Absolute Formations led to Wen Zhong’s defeat and flight. Blocked from every route to safety, Wen Zhong rode toward Dragon-Ending Ridge, where Yun Zhongzi and Immortal Official Nanji awaited him.

• Primordial Lord of Heaven sent Qiongxiao and Bixiao to Qilin Cliff, then captured Zhao Gongming and imprisoned him with the Three Xiaos.
• Laozi awakened the fallen disciples, and Primordial Lord of Heaven ordered them to help Jiang Shang while Immortal Official Nanji stayed to break the remaining formations.
• Immortal Official Nanji and the Jade Void disciples destroyed the four remaining formations, killing their presiding Heavenly Lords as Golden Light Holy Mother escaped and Wen Zhong fled.
• Yun Zhongzi arrived with the Heaven-Piercing Divine Fire Pillar, while Jiang Ziya routed Wen Zhong’s forces and arranged a night raid on the Shang camp.
• Wen Zhong escaped the night attack but was blocked by Guang Chengzi at Taohua Ridge and Chijingzi at Yan Mountain, so he rode toward Dragon-Ending Ridge, where Yun Zhongzi and Immortal Official Nanji waited.

Grand Tutor Wen died at Dragon-Ending Ridge after Yun Zhongzi and Immortal Official Nanji trapped him in the Heaven-Piercing Divine Fire Pillars, then urged King Zhou in a dream to reform. Deng Jiugong led Shang forces against Xiqi, where Tu Xingsun captured Nezha and Huang Tianhua with the Immortal Binding Rope, leaving Jiang Ziya humiliated.

• Yang Jian disguised himself as a villager and directed Grand Tutor Wen toward Dragon-Ending Ridge, where Yun Zhongzi and Immortal Official Nanji killed him with the Heaven-Piercing Divine Fire Pillars.
• Grand Tutor Wen delivered final counsel to King Zhou in a dream before Qing Fu Shen Bojian guided his True Spirit to the Investiture of the Gods Platform, and Han Rong sent news of his death to Chaoge.
• King Zhou summoned his officials, who recommended Deng Jiugong to lead the Western Expedition; Shen Gongbao persuaded Tu Xingsun to join Deng Jiugong and steal Juliusun's Immortal Binding Rope and spiritual pills.
• Deng Jiugong's daughter Deng Chanyu injured Zhou generals with her Five-Light Stone, but Yang Jian wounded her with the Howling Celestial Dog, and Tu Xingsun healed her with a spiritual pill.
• Tu Xingsun used the Immortal Binding Rope to capture Nezha and Huang Tianhua, while Jiang Ziya reacted with shock and humiliation.
• Deng Jiugong celebrated Tu Xingsun's victories at a banquet and trusted his Earth Evasion and binding abilities.

Yang Jian investigated the Immortal Binding Rope after Jiang Ziya was freed, then traveled to Flying Dragon Cave to confront Juliusun. Along the way, he met Princess Longji and obtained a yellow robe and his stolen blade before discovering that Tu Xingsun had defected to the Shang Camp.

• White Crane Boy used the Jade Void Saint's decree to destroy the Immortal Binding Rope and free Jiang Ziya, and Yang Jian resolved to confront Tu Xingsun.
• Yang Jian fought Tu Xingsun, who escaped after Yang Jian's stone transformation tricked him, and then Yang Jian set out for Flying Dragon Cave.
• Yang Jian met Princess Longji at Azure Luan Palace on Phoenix Mountain while traveling toward his destination.
• Yang Jian defeated a marsh monster, followed it into a cave, and found his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade and a yellow robe guarded by two Golden-Haired Boys.
• Yang Jian sent the Golden-Haired Boys to the Zhou Camp with the blade and robe, then went to Flying Dragon Cave and learned from Juliusun that the Immortal Binding Rope had gone missing.
• Juliusun learned that Tu Xingsun had defected to the Shang Camp and hurried with Yang Jian toward Xiqi.

Tu Xingsun was captured after trying to seize Jiang Ziya, then revealed that he had joined Deng Jiugong for the promise of marrying Deng Chanyu. Jiang Ziya turned the marriage negotiations into a victory that brought Deng Jiugong’s household into Western Zhou, but Lü Yue and his plague disciples then joined Su Hu’s army and began attacking Xiqi with deadly magic.

• Tu Xingsun tried to bind Jiang Ziya but Juliusun trapped him and brought him before the Zhou commanders.
• Tu Xingsun confessed that he had joined Deng Jiugong to win Deng Chanyu, and Jiang Ziya agreed to arrange their marriage.
• Deng Jiugong ambushed Jiang Ziya during the betrothal mission, but Jiang Ziya’s hidden troops captured Deng Chanyu, and she persuaded her father to surrender to Western Zhou.
• King Zhou ordered Su Hu to attack Xiqi, but Su Hu secretly remained allied with Xiqi and met Jiang Ziya’s forces; Lü Yue and his four disciples joined Su Hu’s army.
• Zhou Xin struck Jin Zha with a bronze chime that left him in agony, while Li Qi used a Black Banner to afflict Muzha with intense heat.
• Lei Zhenzi left Xiqi and came face-to-face with a hideous daoist bearing a fierce baleful aura.

Lü Yue and his plague envoys fought Jiang Ziya’s forces, then poisoned Xiqi City with plague pills. True Man Huang Long sent Yang Jian to Huoyun Cave to seek the cure, and Yang Jian arrived and asked a youth to announce him to the Three Sacred Masters.

• Lei Zhenzi defeated Zhu Tianlin in combat but fell to his stupefying sword, while Dragon-Bearded Tiger was struck by Yang Wenhui’s plague whip and bound by Jiang Ziya’s forces.
• Lü Yue led his three-headed, six-armed form into battle against Jiang Ziya and the generals, but Yang Jian, Huang Tianhua, and Jiang Ziya wounded him and forced him to flee by Earth Evasion.
• Lü Yue and his four disciples scattered plague pills across Xiqi City, poisoning its water and sickening the inhabitants and most disciples at the Chancellor’s residence.
• True Man Huang Long told the surviving Nezha and Yang Jian that only a remedy from Huoyun Cave could cure the plague, and he sent Yang Jian to request it.
• Yang Jian reached Huoyun Cave and asked a youth to announce him to the Three Sacred Masters.

Yang Jian obtained divine medicine from Shen Nong, curing Xiqi of Lü Yue’s plague, but Lü Yue launched a four-gate assault and was defeated by Xiqi’s warriors. After fleeing with Yang Wenhui, Lü Yue encountered a mysterious daoist who approached and identified himself only through a song.

• Yang Jian pleaded with the Three Emperors at Huoyun Cave, and Shen Nong gave him three pills and a Bupleurum herb to cure the plague and treat future epidemics.
• Yang Jian returned to Xiqi, where True Person Yuding refined the pills, and Lü Yue discovered that the divine medicine had ended the plague.
• Lü Yue ordered four disciples to attack Xiqi through its gates, and Zhou Xin, Li Qi, and Zhu Tianlin were killed as Yang Jian, Nezha, and True Person Yuding joined the battle against Lü Yue.
• Jin Zha, Mu Zha, Huang Tianhua, Lei Zhenzi, Dragon-Bearded Tiger, and Tu Xingsun reinforced the defenders, forcing Lü Yue and the wounded Yang Wenhui to escape by Earth Evasion.
• Lü Yue stopped at a desolate mountain and heard a daoist song; a mysterious figure carrying a Demon Subduing Pestle approached, and Lü Yue demanded to know his name.

Wei Hu killed one of Lü Yue’s disciples and reported to Jiang Ziya that Lü Yue had escaped. Yin Hong swore to help overthrow King Zhou, received three treasures from Chijingzi, and encountered four mountain warriors on his way to Xiqi.

• Wei Hu killed Yang Wenhui with the Demon Subduing Pestle, fought Lü Yue, and drove him to escape by Earth Evasion.
• Wei Hu arrived at Jiang Ziya’s residence in Xiqi and reported the encounter, while Lü Yue went to Nine Dragons Island to forge the Pestilence Umbrella.
• Chijingzi sent Yin Hong to assist Jiang Ziya, gave him the Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe, Yin Yang Mirror, and Water-Fire Edge, and made him swear to oppose King Zhou.
• Yin Hong set out for Xiqi but lost his magic power near a dangerous mountain and was attacked by two brothers.
• Yin Hong used the Yin Yang Mirror to defeat three attackers, then revived them with its crimson light after the fourth man revealed that Yin Hong was Prince Yin.
• Yin Hong asked the four warriors for their names.

Yin Hong abandoned his mission to aid King Wu after Shen Gongbao persuaded him to support King Zhou, and he turned his army against Xiqi. When Yin Hong’s Yin Yang Mirror proved dangerous to Jiang Ziya’s forces, Yang Jian sought help from Chijingzi, who planned to confront his wayward disciple.

• Yin Hong recruited Pang Hong, Liu Fu, Gou Zhang, and Bi Huan and led their troops toward Xiqi.
• Shen Gongbao persuaded Yin Hong to break his oath to Chijingzi, abandon King Wu, and join Su Hu’s army against Xiqi.
• Yin Hong took command from Su Hu and used the Yin Yang Mirror to defeat Huang Feihu and his sons, but released them because Huang Feihu had once saved his life.
• Yin Hong’s Yin Yang Mirror and Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe protected him against Jiang Ziya’s forces, and Yang Jian recognized the mirror and went to Yunxiao Cave to consult Chijingzi.
• Chijingzi learned Yin Hong had switched sides and resolved to go to the Shang Camp to order him back to Xiqi and make amends.

Yin Hong rejected Chijingzi’s demand to defect to Xiqi and fought his teacher, forcing Chijingzi to retreat. Ma Yuan then joined Yin Hong’s side, confronted Jiang Ziya, and seized the God-Beating Whip before a new arrival interrupted the fight.

• Chijingzi confronted Yin Hong outside the Shang camp and urged him to honor his oath by returning to Xiqi, but Yin Hong refused, citing his duty to his father, King Zhou.
• Chijingzi and Yin Hong fought until Yin Hong drew the Yin Yang Mirror, prompting Chijingzi to flee back to Xiqi and report what happened to Jiang Ziya.
• Ma Yuan arrived at Yin Hong’s camp, introduced himself as Shen Gongbao’s ally, and accepted Yin Hong’s invitation to feast.
• Ma Yuan went to Xiqi the next morning and challenged Jiang Ziya, arguing that Yin Hong was right to defend his father and the Shang dynasty.
• Ma Yuan fought Jiang Ziya, snatched the God-Beating Whip, and left Jiang Ziya pale as the battle reached a stalemate.
• A voice announced that Jiang Ziya’s general had arrived.

Ma Yuan terrorized Xiqi by killing Wu Rong and Yang Jian, but Yang Jian secretly poisoned him with a purgative pill. After Manjushri Guangfa Heavenly Venerate devised a plan, Jiang Ziya lured Ma Yuan into a mountain trap, where illusions exhausted him through the night.

• Wu Rong charged into battle to aid Jiang Ziya, but Ma Yuan tore him apart and ate his heart.
• Yang Jian fought Ma Yuan, was seized by his giant hand, and appeared to be killed as Ma Yuan devoured his heart and lungs.
• Yang Jian’s secret purgative pill made Ma Yuan suffer uncontrollable purging, and Yang Jian returned to Xiqi to report that Ma Yuan would be weakened for several days.
• Manjushri Guangfa Heavenly Venerate arrived with Chijingzi, promised to subdue Ma Yuan, and privately gave Jiang Ziya a plan.
• Jiang Ziya lured Ma Yuan out of camp and led him to a mountain, where illusions of Jiang Ziya and King Wu and surrounding soldiers drove Ma Yuan back and forth all night.

Manjushri Guangfa Heavenly Venerate handed Ma Yuan over to Zhunti, then returned the God-Beating Whip to Jiang Ziya as the allies prepared to stop Yin Hong. Chijingzi lured Yin Hong into the Tai Chi Diagram, where Yin Hong begged his teacher for mercy, but Daoist Cihang urged Chijingzi to obey Heaven’s Mandate.

• Ma Yuan attacked a wounded woman for food, but Manjushri Guangfa Heavenly Venerate trapped him in her body before Zhunti arrived and took him west.
• Zhunti entrusted the God-Beating Whip to Manjushri, who delivered it to Jiang Ziya; Daoist Cihang then devised a plan to capture Yin Hong with the Tai Chi Diagram.
• Yin Hong led his army to challenge Jiang Ziya, who feigned retreat and drew him toward Chijingzi’s ambush.
• Chijingzi opened the Tai Chi Diagram, and Yin Hong entered it, where shifting illusions led him to visions of his mother, Lady Jiang, and his teacher.
• Yin Hong admitted that Shen Gongbao had persuaded him to break his oath and pleaded with Chijingzi to spare him, while Daoist Cihang urged Chijingzi not to let personal feelings delay Yin Hong’s execution.

Yin Hong died, Su Hu surrendered to Xiqi, and Shang’s campaign against the city faltered as Guang Chengzi’s divine water shield thwarted Winged Immortal. Winged Immortal fled to a secluded cave, where he discovered that the daoist who captured him was his long-lost brother Kong Xuan, sent by a Saint to find him.

• Chijingzi killed Yin Hong with the Tai Chi Diagram, and Su Hu eliminated Yin Hong’s four generals before surrendering to Xiqi.
• Daji pleaded with King Zhou to punish her for her father’s treason, but he absolved her and comforted her.
• Zhang Shan’s campaign against Xiqi struggled, and Winged Immortal joined the Shang army but was wounded and driven back by Xiqi’s generals.
• Jiang Ziya divined danger and raised a water barrier around Xiqi, which Guang Chengzi strengthened with Three-Light Divine Water and the Four Guardian Deities.
• Winged Immortal failed to dry the water barrier with his wings and fled to a secluded cave, where a daoist stopped and captured him.
• The daoist revealed himself as Kong Xuan, recognized Winged Immortal as his younger brother, and explained that his Teacher had sent him to find him.

Kong Xuan persuaded Winged Immortal to join the Taichu lineage and brought him to the Eastern Sea to cultivate. Su Yang searched the Great Dao for the missing Creation Azure Lotus, uncovered no trace of it, and decided to enter Chaos to continue the search.

• Kong Xuan explained the benefits of joining Su Yang’s Dao Field, and Winged Immortal agreed to cultivate there.
• Kong Xuan brought Winged Immortal to the Eastern Sea, taught him Mystic Arts, and helped him establish a secluded dwelling.
• Su Yang searched the secrets of the Great Dao for the Thirty-Two Grades Chaos Green Lotus but could not locate it.
• Su Yang used the Chaos Bead to search the fate imprints of living beings and found no trace of the Creation Azure Lotus.
• Su Yang concluded that the lotus must be hidden in Chaos and resolved to enter it to seek the treasure.

Su Yang searched the Great Dao for the Creation Azure Lotus but could not find it, and concluded he would need to reach the Chaos Realm to uncover its traces. He left a mark on the Dragon Phoenix Jade Pendant and sent it through a rift, intending to use it to find the lotus later.

• Su Yang split open Chaos with his sword and entered a strange realm to search the Heavenly Dao for the Creation Azure Lotus.
• After his deduction failed, Su Yang transformed his state and manifested the mother river of all Daos, examining its tributaries and the River of Time.
• Su Yang searched the River of Dao for the lotus’s aura and concluded that it remained hidden until its destined time.
• Su Yang wondered whether he was the lotus’s fated person, then decided to find it later and guide that person when the time came.
• Su Yang attached his divine sense to the Dragon Phoenix Jade Pendant and sent it through a rift of chaotic time and space.

Su Yang returned to the primordial world after setting the jade pendant on its path through time, while an unexpected disturbance shook the Zhou Heaven and stirred the demon race. As Haotian struggled to respond to the gathering demons, Queen Mother of the West arrived and calmed him.

• Su Yang sent the jade pendant into the torrent of chaotic time, trusting it would eventually lead its destined finder to the Creation Azure Lotus.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven noticed the Zhou Heaven’s stars flare and found that his divination could not reveal the cause.
• Empress Nuwa’s Monster Summoning Banner broke free of her control, summoning demons across the lower realm to gather at a mountain range.
• Haotian saw the demon host’s strength and fumed because Heaven’s Court lacked the forces to confront it.
• Queen Mother of the West arrived, soothed Haotian’s anger, and greeted him.