Arc 9The Rise and Fall of the Immortal Court
Xuan Qing and the great powers pursued breakthroughs and schemes as the Heavenly Court and Immortal Court clashed. East King Duke died at Tai Yi’s hands, but Laozi intervened before Tai Yi could strike again.
- Hongjun revealed the drawback of Severing the Three Corpses, while Houtu shared the method and his guidance with the Ancestral Witches.
- East King Duke founded the Immortal Court and used a banquet to recruit Grand Luo Golden Immortals, but his coercive terms and rumors of his conduct turned many against him.
- Wang Shu broke through to Primordial Chaos Great Luo in Chaos, and Xuan Qing fought off Destiny, who escaped after losing part of his Origin.
- The first Witch-Demon War erupted after Di Jun and Tai Yi confronted the Ancestral Witches, and the Heavenly Court later began preparing the Zhou Tian Stars Great Formation.
- Di Jun forced Kunpeng to join the Heavenly Court as Demon Master, while Xuan Qing replanted the Star Tree and gathered earth-vein origins for his Heaven and Earth Dao Diagram.
- After the Heavenly Court demanded the Immortal Court dissolve, Di Jun led an army against Penglai Island, where East King Duke’s Myriad Immortals Great Formation initially resisted.
- Zhunti and Jieyin stole treasures from Penglai Island’s treasury and discovered a hidden passage into the Heavenly Court, while Xuan Qing secretly recorded their theft.
- Di Jun and Tai Yi broke through East King Duke’s weakened formation, and Tai Yi killed him with the Chaos Bell before Laozi stopped his next attack.