Recaps

Haotian returned to power and upheld the Heavenly Court’s authority by sentencing Yao Ji, while the Yang siblings found powerful protectors and resolved to rescue her. In the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion, Yang Mei and his allies organized a plan to gather Chaos worlds and fought off Karma, Destiny, and Heavenly Prison City’s forces.

• Dapeng signed the Investiture of the Gods, and Yunxiao proposed that Jie Sect disciples fake their deaths to enter the list as Ancestor Kirin secured White Tiger’s help.
• At Zixiao Palace, Hongjun set the terms for filling the list, sent Nuwa to bring Haotian back, and ordered the God Conferment war to begin when the Flying Bear was born.
• Nuwa restored Haotian’s memories, and he returned to the Heavenly Court, broke through to the Eighth Heaven of Sainthood, and restored its order.
• Zhunti and Jieyin enlisted Yuanshi in a scheme against Haotian, while demonic qi drove the Three-Headed Dragon to steal the Lingxiao Dragon Pearl and lure Yao Ji into the Mortal Realm.
• Haotian’s forces confronted Yao Ji and her family, but Kong Xuan, King Pan, and Mystic Turtle took Yang Jiao, Yang Chan, Yang Jian, and Yang Tianyou into their protection.
• Haotian sentenced Yao Ji to be imprisoned beneath Peach Mountain for eternity, and Yang Jiao, Yang Chan, and Yang Jian resolved to grow strong enough to rescue her.
• Yang Mei and his companions joined forces with Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion to gather Chaos Dao Realm coordinates, while Heavenly Prison City secretly moved against them.
• Yang Mei and Han Xi fought Karma and Destiny as Jin Shui, Yue Ying, Wang Shu, and Han Li repelled Gui Ying’s attack, forcing the enemy leaders to retreat toward Heavenly Prison City.

Yang Jian and his siblings freed Yao Ji with the Human Race’s support, prompting Nuwa to amend the Heavenly Rules. Years later, Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao joined the Chan Sect, but Shen Gongbao defected to the Jie Sect as the Investiture of the Gods approached, while King Zhou’s visit to Nuwa Palace left him transfixed.

• Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan failed to reach Yao Ji at Peach Mountain, then sought help from Da Yu and received the Mountain Splitting Axe after it chose Yang Jian.
• The siblings returned to Peach Mountain, where they fought the Heavenly army until Cangjie intervened and challenged Zhunti and Jieyin in Chaos.
• Da Yu shielded the siblings from Haotian as Yang Jian split Peach Mountain and freed Yao Ji, and Nuwa amended the Heavenly Rules to permit love while punishing those who used it to bend the law.
• Several thousand years later, Jiang Ziya and Shen Gongbao arrived at Kunlun Mountain and became disciples of Primordial Heavenly Venerate, though the senior Chan Sect disciples treated them with disdain.
• After thirty years of cultivation left Jiang Ziya unable to advance, Primordial Heavenly Venerate warned that his mortal destiny made the immortal path dangerous, and Jiang Ziya persisted for another twenty years.
• Primordial Heavenly Venerate gave Jiang Ziya the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Beating Whip, then Jiang Ziya returned to the mortal world while jealous Shen Gongbao killed Immortal Cranes and escaped Kunlun Mountain.
• Tianyu and Fellow Daoist Chong Shan brought Shen Gongbao to Golden Ao Island, where Yunxiao found the Flying Bear mark and Tongtian accepted him into the Jie Sect, replacing his Chan Sect cultivation with Shangqing Magic Power.
• Tongtian entrusted Yunxiao with the Investiture Chessboard, while King Zhou visited Nuwa Palace and stared at Nuwa’s statue as Zhunti watched with Jieyin and flicked a finger toward the palace.

Nuwa uncovered the Western Two Saints’ manipulation of King Zhou and arranged to protect Great Shang while playing her part in the tribulation. As Daji and her allies gained influence at court, King Zhou secretly built resistance with Queen Jiang and Huang Feihu, while Yin Jiao and Yin Hong began pursuing their mother’s accusers.

• Nuwa discovered Zhunti’s Buddha Seal had clouded King Zhou’s mind, healed him, and agreed to secretly protect Great Shang while appearing to aid its downfall.
• Su Hu rebelled rather than send Daji to Zhaoge, but the Nine-Tailed Fox possessed Daji, while Nuwa saved Daji’s spirit and took her as a disciple.
• Li Jing mistook Nezha’s birth as a demon and struck the flesh ball, after which Nezha became True Man Taiyi’s disciple and Jiang Ziya returned to Zhaoge.
• Jiang Ziya exposed the Jade Pipa Spirit and became a court official, but fled after refusing to supervise Daji’s wasteful Lutai project.
• Daji framed Queen Jiang and Jiang Huanchu for an assassination plot, while Golden Phoenix rescued the real pair and King Zhou secretly sent them west to prepare a force.
• King Zhou staged Imperial Concubine Huang’s imprisonment and revealed to Huang Feihu that he was concealing his strength to resist Daji and the immortals.
• Yin Jiao and Yin Hong learned Jiang Huan had been coerced into framing their mother, killed her, and pursued Daji before Imperial Guards blocked their way.

Nezha’s reckless actions brought conflict with the Dragon Clan and Shi Ji, ending in his death and resurrection through Nuwa’s intervention. After Nezha reconciled with Ao Bing, Li Jing reached Zhaoge, where King Zhou began explaining the coming calamity and Great Shang’s role in it.

• Consort Yang helped Yin Jiao and Yin Hong escape Zhaoge, and Kong Xuan rescued them, revealed the immortals’ scheme, and accepted them as disciples.
• Nezha killed Ao Bing and the Sea-Patrolling Yaksha, then killed Biyun Boy with the Heaven-Shaking Arrow, prompting Ao Guang and Shi Ji to seek justice.
• True Man Taiyi killed Shi Ji, while Nezha surrendered his flesh and bones to save his parents and Chentang Pass from the Dragon Kings and Zhaoge officials.
• Yuanshi asked Nuwa to save Nezha, and Nuwa restored him as a Lotus Incarnation, gave him new weapons, and brought him back to Yin Shiniang.
• Nuwa restored Ao Bing and reconciled him with Nezha, ending the hostility between the East Sea Dragon Clan and the Human Race.
• Nuwa explained the Investiture of the Gods to Nezha, while Ao Bing joined the Li household as Yin Shiniang’s ward.
• Ran Deng gave Li Jing the Exquisite Pagoda to restrain Nezha, and Li Jing kept the gift secret as he traveled to Zhaoge.
• King Zhou reassured Li Jing about Nezha, asked him to help stabilize Great Shang, and began explaining the coming calamity and the mortal world’s role in it.