Chapter Summaries

Nezha, Jingwei, and Hanba stirred up the East Sea and killed a Sea Patrol Yaksha after he attacked them. Ao Bing arrived to find the Yaksha’s corpse roasting on Nezha’s spear, while Xuanxiao let the conflict unfold to establish Karma and temper Nezha.

• Nezha, Jingwei, and Hanba frolicked in the East Sea, stirring its waters as Xuanxiao watched with Shen Gongbao.
• Ao Bing learned that three children had killed Dragon Clan soldiers and a Sea Patrol Yaksha, then rushed toward them in fury.
• The Sea Patrol Yaksha attacked the apologetic children, and Nezha killed him with the Universe Ring.
• Xuanxiao told Shen Gongbao that the conflict could help Nezha mature and offered insight into the Causality Great Dao.
• Ao Bing arrived and saw Nezha roasting the Yaksha’s corpse on the Red Lotus Breaking Delusions Spear.

Ao Bing attacked Nezha to seize his Spirit Treasures, but Nezha defeated him despite their difference in cultivation. The chapter ended with Nezha killing Ao Bing in the East Sea.

• Ao Bing arrived and, coveting Nezha's Spirit Treasures, vowed to cripple him and attacked in his dragon form.
• Jingwei and Hanba prepared to help Nezha, but Xuanxiao told them to leave the fight to him and calmed the surrounding sea.
• Nezha fought Ao Bing with his Spirit Treasures, while the Red Lotus Karmic Fire burned Ao Bing and exploited his heavy Karma.
• Nezha pierced Ao Bing's chest with the Red Lotus Breaking Delusions Spear and killed him.

Nezha killed Ao Bing, the East Sea Third Prince, and returned to Chen Tang Pass with his Dragon Skin and Dragon Tendon, horrifying Li Jing and Yin Suhua. As the Dragon Clan's retaliation loomed, Nezha flew to summon True Man Taiyi, who enlisted True Man Cihang and headed to Chen Tang Pass to help him.

• Ao Bing's primordial spirit fled toward the East Sea, while Nezha harvested his Dragon Skin and Dragon Tendon and shared the roasted dragon meat with Xuanxiao, Jingwei, and Hanba.
• Xuanxiao left on an unexplained errand as Nezha and the others returned to Chen Tang Pass.
• Nezha proudly showed Li Jing and Yin Suhua the Dragon Skin and Dragon Tendon and revealed that he had killed the East Sea Third Prince Ao Bing.
• Li Jing panicked over the danger to his family and Chen Tang Pass, while Jingwei and Hanba promised to protect Nezha.
• Li Jing ordered Nezha to seek True Man Taiyi, who then enlisted True Man Cihang and took Nezha's three brothers toward Chen Tang Pass.

Xuanxiao surveyed the Primordial Realm and decided the Barren Race had atoned for its ancestors’ sins and could leave confinement. He opened a gate to the Primordial Wilderness, named its three strongest members Cangming, Ming Teng, and Youji, and warned them to behave and keep his emergence secret.

• Xuanxiao inspected the Primordial Spiritual Roots and the three thousand unborn beings before turning his attention to the Barren Race.
• Xuanxiao opened a gate from the Barren Realm to the Primordial Wilderness and told the Barren Race its confinement had ended.
• The Barren Race’s three strongest members asked to serve Xuanxiao and receive names, and he named them Cangming, Ming Teng, and Youji.
• Xuanxiao warned the three not to harm innocents or reveal that he had emerged from seclusion, then vanished.

The Barren Race entered the Primordial Wilderness and began establishing relations with its major factions while investigating the world. Meanwhile, Ao Guang led a vast force toward Chen Tang Pass to avenge Ao Bing, leaving Nezha and his allies facing an imminent confrontation.

• Cangming, Ming Teng, and Youji led the Barren Race through the boundary gate near Thunder Marsh and agreed to explore the Primordial Wilderness before making plans.
• The Barren Race sent invitations to the major factions for a banquet, while Jieyin and Zhunti worried that Xuanxiao might have emerged from seclusion.
• Ao Bing returned to the East Sea Dragon Palace as a spirit essence and told Ao Guang that Nezha had killed him and destroyed his body.
• Ao Guang learned Nezha was Li Jing's son and True Man Taiyi's disciple, then led tens of thousands of dragons and countless Water Clan members toward Chen Tang Pass.
• True Man Taiyi, True Man Cihang, Li Jing, Jingwei, and Hanba discussed how to handle the Dragon Clan, and dark clouds and Dragon Might soon engulfed Chen Tang Pass.

Ao Guang led the Dragon Clan to Chen Tang Pass and demanded Nezha be handed over, while Taiyi, Cihang, Jingwei, and Hanba stood in his way. After Jingwei and Hanba revealed that Ao Bing had attacked first, Ao Guang still chose to fight over Nezha’s killing and humiliation of his son, leaving Chen Tang Pass caught in a battle.

• Ao Guang arrived at Chen Tang Pass with Ao Bing and nine Grand Luo Golden Immortals, threatening Li Jing and demanding Nezha.
• Taiyi and Cihang refused to surrender Nezha, and Ao Guang attacked Taiyi as his forces prepared to strike.
• Jingwei and Hanba intervened and told Ao Guang that the Sea Patrol Yaksha and Ao Bing had attacked Nezha and coveted his spiritual treasure first.
• Ao Guang realized Ao Bing had concealed the truth but insisted Nezha’s skinning and drawing out of Ao Bing’s tendons had humiliated the Dragon Clan.
• Ao Guang and the Grand Luo Golden Immortals attacked, and Taiyi, Cihang, Jingwei, and Hanba fought back as the battle shook Chen Tang Pass.

Nezha stopped the Dragon Clan from flooding Chen Tang Pass by offering his life to atone for his actions, and Ao Guang accepted the sacrifice and ended the conflict. Nezha’s Nascent Soul survived, while two opposing powers began to gather within it.

• As the Dragon Clan overwhelmed Taiyi and the others and flooded Chen Tang Pass, Nezha resolved to take responsibility for the disaster.
• Nezha bound Jin Zha, Mu Zha, and Shen Gongbao with the Universe Ring, then flew into the battlefield and asked Ao Guang to spare the innocent.
• Ao Guang ordered the Water Clan to stop the rain after Nezha offered his life, and Nezha bid farewell to his parents before destroying his physical body.
• Ao Guang declared the conflict settled and stopped Ao Bing from demanding Nezha’s complete destruction, allowing Nezha’s damaged Nascent Soul to survive.
• The Dragon Clan departed, while two opposing powers quietly gathered within Nezha’s Nascent Soul.

After Nezha’s physical body was destroyed, Taiyi discovered two powerful forces clashing within his fragile Primordial Spirit and could not suppress them. Jingwei sheltered Nezha in the Soul-Calming Lamp as Taiyi took him to Kunlun Mountain to seek Sage Yuanshi’s help, while Yuanshi suspected someone had altered Nezha’s fate.

• Taiyi tried to retrieve Nezha’s Primordial Spirit and discovered two mysterious forces colliding inside it.
• Taiyi’s attempt to suppress the forces backfired and injured him, leaving Li Jing and his sons fearing Nezha would perish.
• Jingwei brought out the Soul-Calming Lamp, which she said her Thunder Marsh grand-uncle had given her, and Taiyi placed Nezha’s Primordial Spirit inside it.
• Taiyi took Nezha to Kunlun Mountain to ask his master, Sage Yuanshi, to save him.
• Yuanshi sensed that human interference had changed Nezha’s fate and wondered whether the Two Sages of the West were responsible.

Jieyin and Zhunti planned to draw Wenzhong away from Morning Song, while Yuanshi learned that Xuanxiao had emerged from seclusion and helped Nezha. Nezha’s Primordial Spirit was stabilized with Three Lights Divine Water, and Jingwei, Hanba, and Shen Gongbao set off for Morning Song.

• Jieyin and Zhunti decided to stir up trouble in the North Sea to transfer Wenzhong away from Morning Song.
• Taiyi brought Nezha’s Primordial Spirit to Yuanshi, who recognized Xuanxiao’s cultivation method and learned he had used the name Taichu.
• Yuanshi told Taiyi that Nezha’s Primordial Spirit was being reforged and gave him a jade bottle of Three Lights Divine Water to protect it.
• Nuwa visited Yuanshi, while Cihang left Chen Tang Pass and Jingwei and Hanba departed with Shen Gongbao.
• Jingwei and Hanba agreed to travel with Shen Gongbao to Morning Song, and Chen Tang Pass gradually returned to peace.

Di Xin ordered Wenzhong to lead a million troops against Yuan Futong’s rebellion in the North Sea. Wenzhong accepted the command and marched out to muster the army, while Di Xin prepared to see him off.

• The chapter recounted how Wenzhong refused the Jie Sect’s recall and remained in Yin Shang as Grand Preceptor.
• Yuan Futong allied with seventy-two feudal lords and local demons and monsters to rebel and attack Yin Shang’s borders.
• Di Xin appointed Wenzhong Grand Marshal of the Northern Expedition and ordered him to lead a million elite troops north.
• Wenzhong pledged to suppress the rebellion, and Di Xin promised provisions, court support, and reinforcements if needed.
• Wenzhong left the great hall to muster the troops and set out for the North Sea.

After Wenzhong left for the North Sea, Di Xin fell into corruption while Jiang Ziya was swept to Kunlun Mountain and recognized as the person destined to carry out the Investiture of the Gods. Yuanshi watched as Jiang Ziya returned to the Human Realm and set out for Morning Song to help the Shang Dynasty.

• Wenzhong departed on his campaign, and Di Xin later indulged his desires under the influence of Fei Zhong and You Hun, burdening the people and neglecting the state.
• Fifty years earlier, a gale carried Jiang Ziya from the Human Realm to Kunlun Mountain, where Yuanshi recognized the sign of the Flying Bear and accepted him as a disciple.
• Yuanshi and Immortal Official of the South Pole struggled to teach Jiang Ziya cultivation, eventually raising him to the heavenly immortal realm through empowerment.
• Jiang Ziya showed talent for military affairs, governance, and divination, and he sensed that his path lay in the Human Realm rather than cultivation.
• With Immortal Official of the South Pole's help, Jiang Ziya returned to the Nine Provinces, heard of Di Xin's misrule, and decided to go to Morning Song to aid the Shang Dynasty.
• Yuanshi observed Jiang Ziya's departure and decision without intervening, wanting to see what he would do during the Calamity Cycle.

Jiang Ziya tried to establish himself in Morning Song through fortune-telling, entered the Shang court, and was framed and driven out toward Western Qi. Meanwhile, Di Xin’s contempt for an ancestral rite deepened the ministers’ despair over the Shang Dynasty’s decline.

• Jiang Ziya failed to secure an official post in Morning Song and set up a divination stall, drawing attention with his accurate predictions.
• Yuanshi saw Jiang Ziya’s fortune-telling through a water mirror, considered intervening, then decided to leave fate to the Heavenly Dao.
• The human race’s native faction brought Jiang Ziya into court, where he obstructed Fei Zhong, You Hun, and Western Religion’s schemes and earned their enmity.
• Fei Zhong and You Hun joined Western Religion disciples to frame Jiang Ziya, and Di Xin stripped him of office and ordered him wanted.
• Jiang Ziya lost hope in the Shang Dynasty and fled Morning Song west toward Western Qi.
• Bi Gan urged Di Xin to hold the ancestral sacrifice, but Di Xin dismissed the rite as trivial and left to drink with his beauties, dismaying the ministers.

Di Yi and the former rulers of Shang watched Di Xin’s reckless rule and feared the dynasty’s collapse, but they were forbidden from intervening in Human Realm affairs. Fuxi could not foresee the Shang Dynasty’s fate, though he confirmed that the Nine Provinces would soon fall into chaos.

• Di Yi and the former Shang rulers watched Di Xin’s contempt for sacrifices and neglect of state affairs, prompting Shang Tang to fear the dynasty would repeat Xia’s downfall.
• A former minister proposed restraining Di Xin or installing a wiser Human Emperor, but Shang Tang warned that interference could bring punishment from humanity’s Holy Land.
• Shang Tang cited Qi’s failed attempt to save the Xia Dynasty and explained that the Shang rulers could only leave the Human Realm’s fate to its people.
• Fuxi told the Yellow Emperor and Shennong that the Great Calamity obscured the Shang Dynasty’s fate, but the Nine Provinces would soon be plunged into chaos.

During the ancestral sacrifice, Di Xin became resentful of Xuanxiao’s foremost place and profaned Nuwa’s sacred image by writing a poem that suggested he would take her to his palace. Shang Rong and the other officials begged him to erase it, but Di Xin dismissed their warnings.

• Di Xin led the officials through the grand sacrificial rites at the hall south of Morning Song.
• Inside the hall, Di Xin grew dissatisfied with Xuanxiao’s foremost position and began regarding Nuwa’s image with irreverence.
• Di Xin ordered the Four Treasures of the Study and wrote a suggestive poem on the wall beside Nuwa’s sacred image.
• Shang Rong, Bi Gan, and the veteran officials knelt and urged Di Xin to erase the poem and seek Nuwa’s forgiveness.
• Di Xin rejected their remonstrance and insisted that his poem was praise, not an offense.

Nuwa sent three demons to infiltrate Di Xin’s palace and ruin the Shang Dynasty after he profaned her. Di Xin then toppled Xuanxiao’s statue, provoking alarm across the Three Realms, while Xuanxiao chose not to intervene personally.

• Nuwa’s attack on Di Xin was blocked by the Shang Dynasty’s fortune, so she summoned the demons in Xuanyuan Tomb and ordered them to infiltrate the palace and bring down the dynasty.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, Pipa Demon, and Nine-Headed Pheasant Demon accepted Nuwa’s command and departed for Morning Song.
• Di Xin ignored the officials’ remonstrances and declared that Xuanxiao did not deserve the foremost place among the sacred statues.
• Di Xin shoved Xuanxiao’s statue to the ground, shattering it and causing upheaval throughout the Three Realms.
• Nuwa reacted with cold satisfaction at Di Xin’s provocation, while Xuanxiao noticed the event but left his punishment to others.

After Di Xin toppled Dao Venerable Xuanxiao’s statue, saints and powers across the Three Realms condemned him as unfit to be Human Emperor. The chapter ended with the realms waiting to see how the human race would respond.

• Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Laozi reacted with fury and despair as they realized Di Xin’s deed would doom the Shang Dynasty and its disciples.
• Jieyin and Zhunti concluded their Western Religion disciples were trapped by their ties to the Shang Dynasty and discussed how to limit their losses.
• Gonggong and Zhurong urged Dijiang to send troops against Di Xin, but Dijiang refused to violate the boundaries between realms and predicted Di Xin’s downfall.
• Dao Venerable Gou Chen and Mo Yuan publicly declared Di Xin unfit to be Human Emperor, followed by saints throughout the Three Realms.
• Jieyin and Zhunti joined the condemnation, and the Immortal and Netherworld Realms waited to see how the human race would respond.

After the Human Race declared Di Xin unfit to be Human Emperor, the Ancestral Witches arrived at Eternal Divine Continent to demand justice for Xuanxiao. Xuanyuan tried to negotiate, but the Ancestral Witches attacked and overwhelmed the Human Race leaders, leaving them regretting Di Xin’s actions.

• The Human Race leaders stripped Di Xin of his title, causing Human Race Destiny to leave him and the Shang Dynasty’s fortune to collapse.
• The Ancestral Witches descended on Eternal Divine Continent, demanding an explanation for the Human Race’s insult to Xuanxiao.
• Wu, Fuxi, and Shennong refused to intervene, so Xuanyuan led the Human Race leaders out to negotiate with the Witch Clan.
• The Ancestral Witches ignored Xuanyuan’s appeal and attacked; Gonggong struck Xuanyuan, who blocked the blow with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• The Ancestral Witches drove the Human Race leaders back in battle, while onlookers marveled at their strength and the Human Race leaders regretted Di Xin’s actions.

Di Xin became consumed by his desire for beauty after seeing Nuwa and ordered the feudal lords to present women to him. Fei Zhong and You Hun targeted Su Hu’s daughter Su Daji and other women for revenge, while loyal ministers failed to stop Di Xin’s decree.

• After the ministers tried to erase the profane writing, blood-red words appeared on the wall condemning Di Xin, and the statue of Xuanxiao shattered.
• Bi Gan ordered the ministers to hide the omens and quickly replace the statue.
• Di Xin confided his desire for Nuwa to Fei Zhong and You Hun, who suggested gathering beauties from across the realm and bringing Su Daji to Morning Song.
• Di Xin approved their suggestions, while Fei Zhong and You Hun secretly welcomed the chance to punish Su Hu and other men who had offended them.
• At court the next day, Di Xin ordered the feudal lords to present beauties, rejected the loyal ministers’ remonstrations, and drove them from the court.

Su Hu rebelled against Di Xin after the king demanded that Su Daji enter his palace, but Ji Chang persuaded him to send her in exchange for peace. The chapter ended with Daji leaving Ji Province in tears, escorted by her father.

• Su Quanzhong proposed claiming that Su Daji was already promised in marriage, but Di Xin ordered her to enter the palace as his consort anyway.
• Su Hu refused Di Xin’s decree, and Fei Zhong and You Hun falsely accused him of plotting rebellion, prompting Di Xin to order an attack on Ji Province.
• Su Hu raised a rebellion, and Su Quanzhong led the defense against Chong Houhu’s army, killing the general Mei Wu before the battle stalled.
• Ji Chang went to Ji Province to mediate and persuaded Su Hu to send Daji to the palace to spare the people from further war.
• Su Hu agreed to the arrangement, and Daji tearfully departed for Morning Song with her father’s escort.

The Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit tried to possess Su Daji so she could enter Morning Song and fulfill Nuwa’s decree, but Jingwei, Hanba, and Shen Gongbao intervened. Su Daji willingly gave up her body to the fox spirit and left with Jingwei and Hanba, while the fox entered Di Xin’s palace and began influencing him.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit and the other two demons followed Su Hu’s party to Enzhou Post Station and waited until Su Hu left before sneaking into Su Daji’s room.
• Jingwei, Hanba, and Shen Gongbao appeared, stopped the demons, and agreed to let them use Su Daji’s body if they spared her soul and other innocents.
• Su Daji consented to the possession, and the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit took her body while Jingwei and Hanba promised to help Su Daji find a new one.
• Su Hu returned, recognized that the woman in the room was not his daughter, and embraced Su Daji’s soul after she explained what had happened.
• Su Daji left with Jingwei and Hanba, while the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit promised Su Hu she would protect Ji Province and continued on to Morning Song.
• Di Xin pardoned Su Hu, made him the Martial King Who Secures the Realm, and appointed the fox-possessed Daji as a Noble Consort; she then urged him to build Deer Terrace and burden the people.