Recaps

Kong Xuan challenged Zhunti and used his Five-Colored Divine Light to break the Saint’s attack and seize the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, but Zhunti eventually subdued him. Cangyuan’s two incarnations arrived to rescue Kong Xuan and fought Zhunti in the void, where they held him to a standstill.

• Kong Xuan revealed his peacock true form and blocked Zhunti’s golden hand of salvation with the Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Kong Xuan swept the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree from Zhunti’s grasp and declared that he had already won, but Zhunti shattered his divine light and subdued him.
• Zhunti moved to take Kong Xuan to The West, but Cangyuan’s Phoenix Ancestor Realm Incarnation and Kirin Emperor Realm Incarnation appeared and freed him from Zhunti’s pressure.
• Cangyuan’s two incarnations challenged Zhunti in the void, and Zhunti grew alarmed when they fought him to a standstill.

Cangyuan forced Zhunti to withdraw the Western Teach from the North Sea, ending its plans and allowing Great Shang to suppress the rebellion. In Chaoge, Chong Houhu pleaded with Di Xin for the North Sea’s people and offered to incorporate the State of Chong into Great Shang.

• Cangyuan warned Zhunti not to interfere in Human Race affairs and pressured him with his two incarnations until Zhunti abandoned the North Sea and left with Sunlight and Moonlight.
• The North Sea restriction vanished, Kong Xuan arrested the seventy-two rebellious lords, and Yuan Futong accepted defeat.
• Great Shang stationed its army in the North Sea and took control of the lands and people of the seventy-two Feudal States and the State of Chong.
• Chong Houhu entered the Government Affairs Hall and admitted fault for failing to govern the North Sea lords.
• Chong Houhu asked Di Xin to give the North Sea a chance to survive and offered to incorporate the State of Chong into Great Shang.

Di Xin absorbed the State of Chong and much of the rebellious North Sea into Great Shang, appointing Chong Houhu to govern the region and providing relief to its people. The North Sea populace praised Di Xin, while the remaining feudal states retained their independence.

• Chong Houhu offered the State of Chong to Great Shang, and Di Xin appointed him North Sea Pacification Commissioner to oversee the region and its mineral trade.
• Di Xin ordered the execution of the North Sea lords who had rebelled out of greed, while allowing Chong Houhu to persuade the more reasonable lords to submit and remain as City Lords.
• Great Shang took over the lands of the executed lords, and the Heaven Monitoring Department's investigations determined which lords were punished.
• Wen Zhong saw that Great Shang had brought food and clothing for the rebels, and the army established Relief Stations across the State of Chong and the Seventy-two Feudal States.
• The North Sea people received food and clothing despite their rebellion and praised Di Xin as a benevolent ruler.

After Great Shang absorbed the North Sea feudal states, Di Xin confronted Shang Rong’s proposal to worship at Nuwa Temple but agreed to go, suspecting a scheme. At the temple, Di Xin detected a hidden watcher whose identity surprised him.

• Yuan Futong and more than thirty feudal lords surrendered their Feudal States to Great Shang, alarming the eastern, southern, and western marquises.
• At court, Shang Rong praised Di Xin and suggested he visit Nuwa Temple, but Di Xin questioned why they should not worship at the Ancestral Temple instead.
• Di Xin ordered preparations for a visit to Nuwa Palace, while Shang Rong could not explain why he had made the suggestion and feared Di Xin’s scrutiny.
• The next morning, Di Xin traveled to Nuwa Temple, entered alone, and worshipped while extending his Primordial Spirit across the area.
• Di Xin sensed a bloodshot-eyed daoist watching him from the void and was inwardly surprised by who it was.

Zhunti and Jieyin plotted to undermine Great Shang by using the Seed of Evil Desire to corrupt Di Xin, recruiting the resentful Chang'er Dingguang Xian to carry out the plan. As Chang'er Dingguang Xian attacked Di Xin outside Nuwa Temple, an unknown hand intercepted the seed.

• Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru after Cangyuan ruined his North Sea scheme, and he told Jieyin what had happened.
• Zhunti proposed provoking Nuwa to punish Great Shang and using rumors to turn the lords against Di Xin.
• Zhunti revealed the Seed of Evil Desire and planned to have Chang'er Dingguang Xian use it to magnify Di Xin's darker impulses.
• Zhunti promised to accept Chang'er Dingguang Xian into the Western Teach after the Canonization of Gods, and Chang'er agreed to betray the Jie Sect.
• Chang'er Dingguang Xian ambushed Di Xin outside Nuwa Temple and launched the Seed of Evil Desire, but an unknown hand intercepted it.

Cangyuan caught Chang'er Dingguang Xian using a Seed of Evil Desire to corrupt Di Xin and brought him before Sect Master Tongtian. After discovering Western Teach’s involvement, Tongtian went to Mount Sumeru and deployed the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation against Zhunti and Jieyin.

• Cangyuan seized the Seed of Evil Desire and captured Chang'er Dingguang Xian after confronting him over his plot against Di Xin and Great Shang.
• Di Xin completed his incense offering at Nuwa Temple without incident, leaving Zhunti confused about why Nuwa had not acted.
• Sect Master Tongtian examined the seed and learned it could magnify negative desires until it turned Di Xin into a cruel, lustful ruler.
• Cangyuan presented the Bodhi Seed Zhunti had given him, and Tongtian found another Bodhi Seed in Chang'er Dingguang Xian's Sea of Consciousness, confirming his collusion with Western Teach.
• Tongtian ordered Cangyuan to keep Chang'er Dingguang Xian alive, then went to Mount Sumeru and surrounded it with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation as he called for Zhunti and Jieyin.

Tongtian surrounded Mount Sumeru with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation after discovering that the Western Teach had planted spies in the Jie Sect. Zhunti’s scheme to frame Di Xin with a poem at Nuwa Temple remained unresolved as Jieyin tried to placate Tongtian.

• Houtu, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Taiqing Laozi, and Nuwa observed Tongtian’s sword formation and considered its threat to the balance among Saints.
• Jieyin and the disciples at Mount Sumeru panicked as the sword palaces pressed down on the mountain and their defenses struggled against the sword qi.
• After Di Xin left Nuwa Temple without incident, Zhunti wrote a suggestive poem on Nuwa’s statue to frame him, then hid nearby to watch the fallout.
• When Tongtian surrounded Mount Sumeru with his swords, Zhunti suspected Chang'er Dingguang Xian had been exposed and hurried back to the mountain.
• Jieyin asked Tongtian to discuss the matter, but Tongtian accused the Western Teach of planting spies in his Jie Sect.

Tongtian confronted Jieyin and Zhunti over a Western Teach plot against the Human Sovereign, and Nuwa and the Human Race joined him at Mount Sumeru. Tongtian threatened to destroy the mountain with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, then withdrew after Zhunti agreed to give the Jie Sect five cycles of Bodhi Seeds.

• Tongtian accused Jieyin of using Chang'er Dingguang Xian to plot against the Human Sovereign and implicate Nuwa.
• Nuwa looked into the past at her temple, discovered Zhunti had written the blasphemous poem to frame Di Xin, and summoned Xuanyuan to accompany her to The West.
• Nuwa and Xuanyuan joined Tongtian at Mount Sumeru, where Zhunti admitted his wrongdoing and Tongtian demanded compensation for the plot.
• When Zhunti refused Tongtian's demands for Western treasures, Tongtian activated the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and threatened to destroy Mount Sumeru.
• Zhunti agreed to give the Jie Sect Bodhi Seeds for five cycles, and Tongtian withdrew the formation.

Nuwa forced Zhunti and Jieyin to surrender one-third of Western Teach's destiny, which she partly transferred to the Human Race. Tongtian punished Chang'er Dingguang Xian and appointed Feathered Wing Immortal as a Seven Attendant Immortal before Zhunti and Jieyin joined Taiqing Laozi and Primordial Lord of Heaven at Jade Void Palace.

• Nuwa threatened Zhunti and Jieyin and collected one-third of Western Teach's destiny, dividing it between herself and the Human Race.
• Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace and ordered the Water Fire Boys to summon the Ten Thousand Immortals.
• Tongtian had Zhao Gongming carry out the sect's punishment on Chang'er Dingguang Xian for betraying Jie Sect.
• Tongtian appointed Feathered Wing Immortal to replace Chang'er Dingguang Xian as one of the Seven Attendant Immortals.
• Zhunti and Jieyin arrived at Jade Void Palace and joined Taiqing Laozi and Primordial Lord of Heaven.

Taiqing Laozi, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Zhunti, and Jieyin secretly allied to restrain Tongtian and plan the rise of Zhou. After bargaining over Styx’s debt, they turned to choosing a regional marquis to support, but had not settled on one when the chapter ended.

• Taiqing Laozi, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Zhunti, and Jieyin agreed to cooperate in supporting Zhou, destroying Shang, and completing the Canonization of Gods.
• Zhunti warned that Haotian, Styx, and Xuanyuan might aid Tongtian, and Primordial Lord of Heaven proposed keeping Haotian neutral, using Styx’s debt, and having the four Saints and Twelve Saint Corpses restrain Xuanyuan.
• Zhunti demanded payment for using the Western Teach’s Karma against Styx, and Taiqing Laozi and Primordial Lord of Heaven agreed to give him fifteen Nine Revolutions Golden Elixirs and two Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Jieyin reminded the Saints that Cangyuan could also threaten their plans, and Taiqing Laozi proposed trapping him until the Canonization of Gods was complete.
• The four Saints discussed which regional marquis to support as Zhou’s future ruler, but rejected Jiang Hengchu, E Chongyu, and Chong Houhu as unsuitable.

The Four Saints chose Ji Chang and Xi Qi as the force to rise against Great Shang, then approved Zhunti’s plan to use three demons to weaken Di Xin. After the Saints finalized their preparations, Primordial Lord of Heaven sent Shen Gongbao to Xuanyuan’s Tomb to find the demons.

• Taiqing Laozi, Primordial Lord of Heaven, Zhunti, and Jieyin agreed to support Ji Chang and prepare Xi Qi by stockpiling grain and training troops.
• Zhunti proposed sending the three demons from Xuanyuan’s Tomb into Di Xin’s harem, and the Saints approved the plan because the demons had been touched by Human Sovereign’s Fortune.
• The Saints decided that the Three Teachings would handle the plan’s execution, while the Western Teachings would stay out of it.
• Primordial Lord of Heaven admitted Jiang Ziya had made little progress despite twenty years of cultivation, and Taiqing Laozi gave him a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir.
• After the Saints finalized the plan to Rise Zhou and Destroy Shang, Primordial Lord of Heaven sent Shen Gongbao to Xuanyuan’s Tomb with his Yuqing Decree to find the three demons.

Shen Gongbao arrived at Xuanyuan's Tomb and ordered the Three Demons to enter Chaoge and seduce Di Xin under a Saint's decree. The sisters doubted the accusations against Di Xin but feared the consequences of refusing, leaving their decision constrained by the order.

• Shen Gongbao confronted the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox, the Nine-headed Pheasant Spirit, and the Jade Pipa Spirit at Xuanyuan's Tomb, and they knelt when he showed his Yuqing Decree.
• Shen Gongbao ordered the Three Demons to seduce Di Xin and destroy the Shang Dynasty's fortune in exchange for becoming gods after the Canonization of Gods.
• The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox warned that Di Xin's Human Sovereign's Fortune could destroy them, but Shen Gongbao said their years at Xuanyuan's Tomb had protected them and invoked the Saint's decree.
• After Shen Gongbao left, the Nine-headed Pheasant Spirit and Jade Pipa Spirit cursed him and questioned the order, saying Di Xin was a benevolent ruler who loved the Queen.
• The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox admitted she knew the accusations were false but feared that refusing the Saint's decree would doom all three sisters.

The Three Demons of Xuanyuan's Tomb struggled to find a way into Chaoge, while Great Shang’s success in the North Sea expanded its territory and unsettled other lords. After reading reports of their growing ambitions, Di Xin announced he had nine ways to deal with them.

• The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox led her sisters toward Chaoge, deciding to wait for an opportunity to enter despite the danger that the city’s restriction posed to demons.
• After Yuan Futong and the other northern rebels surrendered, Great Shang incorporated their marquisates and distributed food, clothing, and shelter to its subjects.
• Great Shang offered North Sea residents citizenship and its benefits, and its soldiers destroyed ten marquisates that tried to stop people from leaving.
• Many North Sea lords surrendered their lands voluntarily, and by spring of Di Xin’s Eighth Year, Great Shang controlled two-thirds of the North Sea.
• Di Xin read secret reports about lords growing wary of his expansion and declared that he had nine methods for dealing with them.

Di Xin summoned the feudal lords to Chaoge, prompting them to prepare tribute while weighing the meaning of his growing power. In Chaoge, he summoned Wen Zhong and asked whether he wanted a disciple.

• Jiang Zitong offered to write her father, Jiang Hengchu, asking him to incorporate Eastern Lu into Great Shang, but Di Xin declined.
• Di Xin issued an edict ordering the feudal lords to come to Chaoge and pay homage and offer sacrifices to the ancestors.
• Jiang Hengchu dismissed Jiang Wenhuan's suggestion to resist and ordered Eastern Lu to prepare tribute and travel to Shang in ten days.
• Ji Chang rejected Ji Fa's call to attack Shang, divined a hexagram that foretold imprisonment without danger to life, and ordered Xi Qi to prepare tribute.
• Di Xin summoned Wen Zhong and asked him whether he wanted a disciple.

Di Xin arranged for Wen Zhong to claim Lei Zhenzi, an Innate Being born from Nine Heavens Thunder, as his disciple. At Yan Mountain, Ji Chang mistook the infant for his destined son, but Wen Zhong took him first, and Yun Zhongzi then mistook Wen Zhong for Ji Chang.

• Di Xin told Wen Zhong that a child born from Nine Heavens Thunder would appear at Yan Mountain and ordered him to wait there and bring the child back.
• Wen Zhong agreed to take the child as his disciple and pledged to cultivate him into a pillar of Great Shang.
• As Ji Chang’s caravan reached Yan Mountain, Nine Heavens Thunder brought an infant down from the sky, and Ji Chang tried to claim him as his one hundred and eighth son.
• Wen Zhong intercepted the infant before he reached Ji Chang, and Ji Chang conceded that the child was no longer his to claim.
• Yun Zhongzi arrived, mistook Wen Zhong for Ji Chang, and said the Heavenly Dao had named Ji Chang’s hundredth son as his destined disciple.
• Wen Zhong introduced himself to Yun Zhongzi as a disciple of Jie Sect and greeted him as Martial Uncle.

Wen Zhong refused Yun Zhongzi’s attempt to take the child nurtured by Nine Heavens Divine Thunder and brought the infant to Chaoge. Di Xin rewarded the successful choice mission with a Saint-level Thunder Dao method and named the child Lei Zhenzi.

• Yun Zhongzi offered Wen Zhong ten Postnatal Middle Grade Spiritual Treasures for the child, but Wen Zhong refused and warned him not to act rashly because Holy Mother Jin Ling was his teacher.
• Yun Zhongzi erased the Xi Qi Caravan’s memories of Yan Mountain, but Wen Zhong still refused to trade the child, so Yun Zhongzi left empty-handed.
• Wen Zhong told Ji Chang to continue on to Chaoge, then carried the child toward the capital on his Ink Kirin.
• Di Xin received a system notification awarding him the Nine Heavens Thunderclap Puhua True Scripture after Wen Zhong secured the child.
• Wen Zhong presented the infant to Di Xin and asked him to bestow a name, and Di Xin named the child Lei Zhenzi.

Di Xin bestowed the Nine Heavens Thunderclap Puhua True Scripture on Wen Zhong and told him to teach Lei Zhenzi. When the feudal lords gathered at the palace to see the Great King, Fei Zhong and You Hun demanded bribes before allowing them in, but Su Hu refused to pay and challenged them to stop him.

• Di Xin gave Wen Zhong the Nine Heavens Thunderclap Puhua True Scripture and instructed him to cultivate it and teach Lei Zhenzi.
• The feudal lords gathered outside the Royal Palace in Chaoge to pay court to the Great King.
• Fei Zhong and You Hun claimed the Great King was occupied with state affairs and used the delay to solicit bribes from the feudal lords.
• Xi Qi paid Fei Zhong and You Hun One Hundred Million Zhu Coins, and the four great marquises each paid the same amount.
• Fei Zhong told Jiang Hengchu that Queen Mother had already authorized him to enter, but Jiang Hengchu still handed over his bribe.
• Su Hu refused to pay Fei Zhong and You Hun and declared that he would enter the palace anyway.

Fei Zhong and You Hun tried to provoke Su Hu into rebelling against Great Shang, then proposed that Su Daji be offered to Di Xin as a consort. At the royal banquet, they urged Di Xin to take more consorts and secure the dynasty’s succession.

• Su Hu cursed Fei Zhong and You Hun for demanding a bribe, then entered the palace without paying them.
• Fei Zhong and You Hun plotted to anger Su Hu further by proposing that he offer his beloved daughter Su Daji to Di Xin.
• The chapter revealed that Di Xin intended to seize Jizhou by provoking Su Hu into rebelling and giving Great Shang a pretext to attack.
• At Xianqing Hall, Di Xin received the feudal lords’ tribute and hosted a banquet attended by nobles and officials.
• Fei Zhong and You Hun praised Di Xin, then asked him to take more consorts and father additional heirs.

Fei Zhong and You Hun proposed that Di Xin take more consorts, then targeted Su Hu’s daughter as a candidate. Su Hu unexpectedly agreed to send her to the palace, leaving Di Xin stunned as the system began offering him a choice.

• Wen Zhong and the ministers supported Fei Zhong and You Hun’s proposal that Di Xin take consorts and continue his bloodline.
• Di Xin asked whose daughter should enter the palace, and Fei Zhong recommended Su Hu’s sixteen-year-old daughter.
• Su Hu protested that Fei Zhong and You Hun were dragging his daughter into their private grudge, while You Hun accused him of disrespecting the Human Sovereign.
• Su Hu claimed his daughter was frail and unlucky, but Di Xin offered to have palace Shamanic Doctors—or the Earthly Emperor—treat her.
• Moved by Di Xin’s offer, Su Hu knelt to thank the King and promised to prepare his daughter’s dowry and escort her to the palace.
• Di Xin was baffled by Su Hu’s unexpected agreement, and the system appeared with a new set of choices.

Di Xin accepted Su Hu’s offer to marry Su Daji and then had Chong Houhu accuse Ji Chang of aiding Yuan Futong’s rebellion. Yuan Futong presented letters linking Xi Qi to the rebels, and Di Xin ordered Ji Chang imprisoned in Youli while he investigated.

• Di Xin chose to accept Su Hu’s offer and arranged to await Su Daji’s arrival, leaving Fei Zhong and You Hun dismayed that their plan had failed.
• Di Xin signaled Chong Houhu, who accused Ji Chang of supplying weapons to Yuan Futong and called for his arrest.
• Ji Chang denied the accusation as the Western lords and some others pleaded for him, while Ji Chang privately feared their support would worsen his position.
• Yuan Futong appeared alive, explained that Di Xin had pardoned him, and presented Bamboo Slips containing letters about Xi Qi’s aid to his rebellion.
• Ji Chang denied exchanging letters with Yuan Futong and suggested someone under his rule had acted for profit, so Di Xin ordered him sent to Youli pending an investigation.

After Ji Chang was imprisoned in Youli, Di Xin used an elderly feudal lord’s family succession worries to announce the Tui En Ling, which would divide vassal territories among their sons and bring new marquises under the central court. The feudal lords were shaken by the decree, and Marquis of Liang became the first to pledge obedience.

• Royal Palace guards took Ji Chang to Youli and placed him under strict guard, leaving San Yisheng, Nangong Shi, and the other ministers anxious at the banquet.
• The eighty-year-old Marquis of Liang knelt before Di Xin and asked for his sons to receive portions of his state as marquisates.
• Wen Zhong endorsed the proposal, and Di Xin announced the Tui En Ling, granting fiefs to every son of a feudal lord while requiring the eldest son to share half the territory with his brothers.
• The feudal lords protested, but Wen Zhong silenced them, and Di Xin threatened to strip any lord who defied the decree of his title and fief.
• Attendants distributed Bamboo Slips detailing the decree, and Marquis of Liang knelt again and volunteered to implement it first.

After the Tui En Ling divided the feudal lords’ lands among their children, the new policy won support from their younger sons while causing conflict in some states. In Jizhou, Su Hu prepared to send Su Daji to marry Di Xin, and Daji learned that she would become the Sacred Lord’s consort.

• After the ancestral rites ended, the Human Sovereign Edict announcing the Tui En Ling reached the feudal states.
• In Xi Qi, Bo Yikao accepted his appointment as Marquis of the West and the division of Xi Qi’s territory among Ji Chang’s sons.
• Across the feudal states, some eldest sons murdered their younger brothers to prevent their lands from being divided.
• Su Hu told Su Quanzhong that he intended to marry Su Daji to Di Xin and planned to make her appear ill before she went to Chaoge.
• Su Daji’s attendant told her that Su Hu truly intended to marry her to the Sacred Lord, and Daji thought about her coming marriage.

Su Daji learned that she would marry Di Xin and eagerly accepted the plan to feign illness before going to Chaoge. In the royal palace, Jiang Zitong approved Huang Feiyan’s marriage to Di Xin alongside Su Daji, leaving Di Xin and Jiang Zitong together after Huang Feihu departed.

• Xiao Hong told Su Daji that the Marquis planned to send her to Chaoge as Di Xin’s bride, but she would need to appear mildly ill to preserve the Marquis’s earlier claim that she was frail.
• Su Daji welcomed the prospect of marrying Di Xin, defended Queen Jiang against Xiao Hong’s worries, and blushed as she imagined meeting the Great King.
• Huang Feihu begged Di Xin to take his younger sister Huang Feiyan as a consort, explaining that she admired the Great King and had urged him to make the request.
• Jiang Zitong arrived at the Government Affairs Hall and announced that Huang Feiyan and the daughter of the Marquis of Jizhou would marry Di Xin together as Princess Consorts.
• After Huang Feihu left to tell his sister, Di Xin asked Jiang Zitong why she had arranged the marriages, and she said she wanted to ease his burdens.

The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox and her two companions ambushed Su Daji’s bridal convoy and possessed her so they could enter Chaoge unnoticed. They left Su Daji’s soul intact as the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox took control of her body and began to enjoy its allure.

• After learning that Su Daji would marry Di Xin, the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox decided to possess her and hide the demons’ aura with the Su family’s fortune.
• Su Hu led Su Daji’s bridal convoy out of Jizhou toward Chaoge, with Su Quanzhong serving as Deputy Commander.
• The three demons entered the Post Station under cover of mist and approached Su Daji while she slept.
• The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox and her companions possessed Su Daji, leaving her soul alive in the Mud Ball Palace.
• The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox took control of Su Daji’s body, admired its beauty, and reacted when someone called out, “Who is there?!”

The Three Demons of Xuanyuan's Tomb continued their plan to bring Su Daji to Chaoge, despite a warning from Master Cangwu, one of Cangyuan's World Incarnations. Su Hu's wedding procession arrived in Chaoge, where the demons feared the city's Demon Detection Restriction.

• Su Daji sensed that someone had watched the three demons, but she could not detect Master Cangwu and feared the observer was far stronger than them.
• Master Cangwu watched over the demons and left them alive, while his warning kept the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox on edge through the night.
• The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox let the real Su Daji control her body so she could explain her alluring appearance to Su Hu and Su Quanzhong.
• After ten days of travel, Su Hu's procession reached Chaoge, where Wen Zhong and Shang Rong welcomed him and the city celebrated the arrival.
• Inside the carriage, the three demons worried aloud about whether they could pass Chaoge's Demon Detection Restriction.