Recaps

After Emperor Yi died, Zi Shou awakened as the Human Emperor and began binding Great Shang’s fate to the Interception Sect. Di Xin brought Li Jing’s family to Chaoge and worked with Yunxiao and the Ten Heavenly Lords to create a formation that suppressed immortals throughout the city.

• Emperor Yi revealed that the Human Emperor Sword had chosen Zi Shou, entrusted the dynasty to him and Wen Zhong, then died as Zi Shou’s Human Dao Destiny broke Empress Pingxin’s seal and restored Wu’s memories.
• After taking the throne, Zi Shou declared himself the Human Emperor and established a Hall of Honored Sages, then ordered Li Jing’s family brought to Chaoge and planned a Destiny-powered formation for the capital.
• Tongtian approved Di Xin’s alliance with the Interception Sect and sent Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and the Ten Heavenly Lords to help build the formation.
• Yunxiao and the other Daoists surveyed Chaoge and determined that only Di Xin could guide Human Dao Destiny into the formation, while Di Xin refused their suggestion to invite a sage from Huoyun Cave.
• Fei Zhong brought Li Jing, Lady Yin, and their unborn child to Chaoge under Di Xin’s decree, while Yuanshi sensed Lingzhuzi’s destined path had shifted and vowed to make Great Shang pay.
• Yunxiao and the Twelve Heavenly Lords engraved their formation into Chaoge’s earth veins, and Di Xin infused it with Human Dao Destiny to create a barrier that reduced even Grand Unity Golden Immortals to mortal strength.

Di Xin secured Nezha from the Chan Sect, while the Western Sages and Yuanshi conspired against him. Their attempts to bewitch Di Xin at Nuwa Palace failed, so Zhunti began a plan to impersonate him and forge the offending poem.

• Yunxiao and twelve other Interception Sect disciples reported to Tongtian that Di Xin’s formation could suppress powerful immortals, and Tongtian ordered them to prepare for the Tribulation.
• Li Jing named his newborn son Nezha, whom Di Xin had accepted as a disciple, and True Lord Taiyi failed to claim the child for the Chan Sect.
• True Lord Taiyi secretly abducted Nezha, but Di Xin tracked him through Chaoge’s formation, recovered the child, and released Taiyi only after taking four Spiritual Treasures as compensation.
• Yuanshi told True Lord Taiyi to abandon Nezha and seek a disciple in Xiqi, while Zhunti and Jieyin recruited Yuanshi into their scheme against Di Xin.
• Di Xin sent Wen Zhong to pacify the rebellious North Sea and trained Nezha, then prepared to attend Nuwa’s birthday ceremony while hiding his identity with Human Dao Destiny.
• Zhou Ming warned Nuwa that the Sages planned to use her connection to humanity to draw her into the Tribulation, and she agreed to observe the ceremony in Chaoge.
• At Nuwa Palace, Jieyin suppressed Di Xin’s Human Dao Destiny while Zhunti tried to bewitch him, but Di Xin resisted their attempts and left without writing a poem.
• Zhunti proposed impersonating Di Xin to write the poem and mislead the ministers, while Yuanshi helped conceal the Heavenly Secrets and Zhou Ming questioned Nuwa about the plan.

Nuwa cooperated with the Sages’ schemes while the Nine-tailed Fox entered Chaoge as Su Daji, but Di Xin exposed the fox and placed her under the Queen’s care. As Jiang Ziya joined Di Xin and Shen Gongbao went to Xiqi, Di Xin issued an edict dividing the feudal lords’ lands among their sons, leaving Great Shang facing possible rebellion.

• Nuwa agreed to help Zhou Ming during the Tribulation, then announced that Great Shang had twenty-eight years of destiny left and sent Jin Feng to proclaim Heaven’s Mandate for Zhou.
• Nuwa sent the Nine-tailed Fox, the Nine-headed Pheasant Spirit, and the Jade Pipa Spirit to bring down Great Shang, and the Nine-tailed Fox possessed Su Daji to enter the palace.
• Fei Zhong and You Hun pressed Su Hu to send Su Daji to the palace, and Di Xin ultimately ordered her there under the pretense that she would keep Queen Jiang company.
• Di Xin exposed the Nine-tailed Fox, took her Protective Jade Talisman, and ordered her to become the Queen’s pet, while Su Daji chose to remain in the palace.
• Sect Master Tongtian sent Jiang Ziya to assist Di Xin, who appointed him acting Grand Tutor, while Venerable Lord Yuanshi sent Shen Gongbao to persuade Ji Chang to rebel.
• Shen Gongbao became Ji Chang’s Grand Counselor, but Ji Chang maintained that Xiqi remained loyal to Shang and said the time was not right to act.
• Di Xin showed Jiang Ziya the Edict of Recommendation, and Jiang Ziya predicted that dividing the lords’ fiefs could provoke rebellion.
• Di Xin ordered the edict implemented immediately despite the officials’ protests, and Jiang Ziya told Shang Rong that the times had changed.

Ji Chang founded Great Zhou and raised a rebellion against Shang, while Jiang Ziya defended Sishui Pass with Nezha and new allies. After the Interception Sect defeated the Chan Sect’s disciples, senior immortals gathered for a confrontation that ended with the Twelve Golden Immortals entering Yunxiao’s Nine Bends Yellow River Formation.

• Ji Chang declared Xiqi’s rebellion, founded Great Zhou, and appointed Shen Gongbao prime minister and Ji Fa grand marshal.
• Venerable Lord Yuanshi gave Shen Gongbao the Investiture of the Gods and God-Beating Whip, and Shen Gongbao recruited Bai Jian and Dragon Beard Tiger to build the platform on Mount Qi.
• Di Xin ordered Jiang Ziya to lead Great Shang’s forces against the rebellion, and Jiang Ziya appointed Nezha vanguard while securing Kong Xuan’s promise to hold off any Sage.
• At Sishui Pass, Nezha fought the Chan Sect disciples, escaped their combined attacks, and Li Jing confronted Jin Zha and Mu Zha over their betrayal of their family and country.
• Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan joined Jiang Ziya’s forces, and Saint Mother Huoling led Interception Sect disciples in a battle that killed Han Dulong, Xue Ehu, and Lei Zhenzi and ended with Jin Zha and Mu Zha captured.
• Venerable Lord Yuanshi sent the Chan Sect’s senior immortals toward Sishui Pass, where Guang Chengzi gathered them with Ji Fa’s army and prepared to confront the Interception Sect.
• Yang Jiao revealed that his Human Race treasure could open a passage through the Heavenly Auspicious Cloud, but Yunxiao chose to test the Chan Sect with her formation first.
• Yunxiao challenged the Chan Sect to enter the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, and Guang Chengzi led the Twelve Golden Immortals inside while Immortal Official Nanji, Burning Lamp, and Yun Zhongzi remained outside.