Recaps

King Zhou secretly prepared to protect Great Shang as immortals pushed the God Conferment tribulation forward, while Jiang Ziya helped Xiqi grow into a rival power. The deaths of Lady Jia and Consort Huang drove Huang Feihu toward rebellion, just as three figures appeared in his bedchamber.

• King Zhou sent Li Jing back to Chentang Pass to gather troops in secret, where Li Jing learned of the peace between the Dragon Clan and Nezha before Nezha carried him to the East Sea.
• Nezha and Ao Guang revealed that Randeng’s Exquisite Pagoda controlled Li Jing, and Li Jing told them King Zhou was preparing Chentang Pass to safeguard the Human Race.
• Daji arranged for Bi Gan to give up his heart, but King Zhou secretly saved him before Daji caused his death, and Huang Feihu later fled Zhaoge as Xiqi prepared to recruit him.
• Ji Chang recruited Jiang Ziya as Xiqi’s chancellor, while Wen Zhong returned to Zhaoge and learned that King Zhou’s apparent misrule concealed a plan to defend Great Shang.
• Wen Zhong defeated King Pingling’s rebellion with help from Shen Gongbao and the Four Seas Dragon Kings, while Ji Chang’s forces captured Chong Houhu and Chong Yingbiao and gained the submission of northern lords.
• After a vision of immortals manipulating the tribulation, Ji Chang made Ji Fa promise not to attack Shang and died, leaving Ji Fa to become Martial King and Jiang Ziya to govern Xiqi.
• Daji framed King Zhou for Lady Jia’s death and caused Consort Huang to fall from Zhaixing Tower, prompting Huang Feihu to vow rebellion and prepare to leave Zhaoge.
• Huang Feihu questioned whether King Zhou had deceived him about defending Great Shang, and three figures suddenly appeared in his bedchamber.

Huang Feihu’s staged defection carried him to Xiqi while his true body stayed hidden in Zhaoge, as the conflict between Shang and Zhou drew in immortals and the great clans. Shen Gongbao betrayed Jiang Ziya, Xiqi built the Investiture Platform and defeated the Four Sages, and Jiang Ziya ended the arc preparing to face Lu Xiong’s army in a supernatural blizzard.

• Golden Phoenix gave Huang Feihu a Substitute Clay Figurine, and he staged his flight from Zhaoge while entrusting his wife and sister to her protection.
• Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin formed an alliance to send Jie Sect disciples onto the Investiture of the Gods, while Tongtian remained unaware of their agreement.
• Xuan Qing advised Lei Li to keep the Kirin Clan between Shang and Xiqi, and Lei Li prepared the clan to enter the war under the pretext of restoring peace.
• Huang Feihu’s journey west exposed disloyal officers and brought him to Xiqi, while Wen Zhong secretly kept his true body near Zhaoge and used the clay-bodied avatar as a supposed defector.
• Jiang Ziya ignored the Primordial Heavenly Venerate’s warning, and Shen Gongbao attacked him before escaping with help from Fairy Yunxiao’s spiritual light.
• Jiang Ziya built the Investiture Platform and appointed Bai Jian to guard it, while Wen Zhong brought the Four Sages of Nine Dragon Island to aid Shang.
• Wenshu and Jinzha helped Xiqi defeat Wang Mo, and Jiang Ziya, Nezha, and Muzha killed the remaining sages and Shang commanders.
• Wen Zhong sent Lu Xiong to Qi Mountain with a new army, and Jiang Ziya summoned black clouds, snow, and freezing winds to cover the battlefield in ice.

Yang Jian joined Xiqi and helped defeat the Four Generals of the Mo Family, but Wen Zhong’s allies and the Ten Absolute Formations drew the Dragon and Kirin clans into the war. As the Kirin clan sacrificed its members to break the formations, Zhao Gongming entered the conflict and Buddhism chose to send disciples to Xiqi, leaving the struggle for the Investiture of the Gods set to widen.

• Yang Jian arrived at Xiqi by King Pan’s command, killed the Four Generals of the Mo Family, and rescued Nezha and Huang Tianhua.
• Wen Zhong allied with the Dragon Clan and the Ten Heavenly Lords, while the Kirin Clan came to Xiqi’s aid and clashed with the dragons.
• Maitreya moved the Dragon-Kirin battle beyond the Nine Heavens, and the Ten Heavenly Lords established their formations before the Shang camp.
• Yao Tianjun struck Jiang Ziya’s straw effigy, but Primordial Heavenly Venerate restored Jiang Ziya and sent Ran Deng to oversee the formations.
• Kirin Clan members sacrificed themselves to expose the formations’ weaknesses, while Chan Sect immortals broke them and Deng Hua left to join the Kongtong Sect.
• Empress Houtu sent Zhao Gongming to Great Shang, where he fought Ran Deng using manifestations of the Book of Life and Death and the Judge’s Brush.
• Ran Deng used Xiao Qingqing’s Treasure-Dropping Coin against Zhao Gongming, and Jieyin and Zhunti traced Buddhism’s lost Auspicious Qi to the coin.
• Jieyin and Zhunti sent Buddhist disciples to support Xiqi and seek a place in the Heavenly Court.

Zhao Gongming’s death drew the Yunxiao sisters into the war, where the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation crippled the Chan Sect immortals before Laozi and Primordial Heavenly Venerate broke it. Xiqi then defeated Wen Zhong and won Deng Jiugong’s defection, while King Zhou prepared to lure Xiqi and the Chan Sect into a trap.

• Zhao Gongming borrowed Bi Xiao’s Golden Dragon Scissors and drove Ran Deng and the Xiqi forces from the battlefield, but Lu Ya’s Seven Arrows Book left him vulnerable.
• Lu Ya and Jiang Ziya used the Seven Arrows Book to kill Zhao Gongming, while Shen Gongbao secretly carried his body to Yunxiao and her sisters.
• Yunxiao, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao established the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, stripped the Buddhist disciples and Chan Sect immortals of their cultivation, and defeated Ran Deng.
• Laozi and Primordial Heavenly Venerate broke the formation, killed Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao, and imprisoned Yunxiao before Tongtian forced them to release her.
• Xiqi routed the Shang Army and Wen Zhong died in Yun Zhongzi’s Heaven-Reaching Divine Fire Pillars, while Shen Gongbao recruited Tu Xingsun to the Shang side.
• Tu Xingsun was captured by Juliusun, surrendered to Jiang Ziya, and helped secure Deng Jiugong’s surrender by marrying Deng Chanyu.
• King Zhou sent Su Hu to attack Xiqi and planned to draw its army and the Chan Sect immortals into a trap, trusting Kong Xuan to guard Sanshan Pass.