Recaps

Xing Tian drew on Pangu Temple’s power to kill Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin in succession, shocking the Hunyuan and Heavenly Dao Saints. He then turned his axe on Venerable Yuanshi after accusing the Heavenly Dao Saints of ignoring the Two Shakya’s oppression of the Witch Clan.

• Xing Tian shattered Daoist Zhunti’s Golden Body and killed him with a single axe swing.
• Daoist Jieyin attacked Xing Tian, but Xing Tian cut through his treasures and killed him with Gan Qi.
• Blood Thunder and Blood Rain spread across the Primordial Wilderness as living beings mourned the two fallen Saints.
• Venerable Yuanshi confronted Xing Tian in the Western Land and demanded to know why he had brought his warriors there.
• Xing Tian condemned the Heavenly Dao Saints for failing to stop the Two Shakya and swung his axe at Venerable Yuanshi.

Xing Tian fought Venerable Yuanshi across the Western Lands, using the Pangu Temple’s blood to empower himself, while Venerable Yuanshi answered with his spiritual treasures. As the battle devastated the region, the Two Shakya begged Hongjun to intervene, and he rebuked them instead of promising to stop the fight.

• Xing Tian attacked Venerable Yuanshi, and their first clash cracked the heavens and damaged Venerable Yuanshi’s Immortal Slaying God Punishing Treasure Blade.
• Venerable Yuanshi unleashed Yuqing Divine Thunder and the Pangu Banner, but Xing Tian used the Pangu Temple’s blood to armor himself and regrow his head.
• Xing Tian broke through Venerable Yuanshi’s lightning and cracked his Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud defense, forcing Venerable Yuanshi to strike back with the Pangu Banner.
• Xing Tian and Venerable Yuanshi continued fighting as the Western Lands were devastated and its living beings pleaded for them to stop.
• The Two Shakya begged Hongjun outside Zixiao Palace to end the war, and Hongjun opened the gates and admonished them about the consequences of their conduct and Heterodox Paths.

Zhunti and Jieyin pleaded with Hongjun after Xing Tian and Yuanshi’s battle devastated the Western Land, but Hongjun reminded them of their Great Vow and sent them back. Hongjun restrained Xing Tian and used his blood to restore part of the land, then pressed him to end the fight with Yuanshi.

• Zhunti and Jieyin begged Hongjun to intervene, but he reminded them that mending the Western Land was part of their Great Vow and sent them back to it.
• Zhunti and Jieyin tried to stop Xing Tian and Yuanshi, but the fighters sent them flying and continued their battle while the pair gathered Buddhist Kingdoms and shielded the land.
• Hongjun arrived after more than seventy percent of the Western Land had been damaged, and Yuanshi withdrew while Xing Tian continued chasing him.
• Hongjun bound Xing Tian with Heavenly Dao chains and turned his blood into rain that restored thirty percent of the Western Land’s vitality.
• Zhunti asked Hongjun to draw more blood from Xing Tian, but Hongjun ignored him and asked Xing Tian to let the matter with Yuanshi rest.
• Xing Tian agreed to stop fighting because Hongjun had spoken.

Jieyin publicly accepted responsibility for the Western Teachings’ wrongdoing and vowed to withdraw from eastern affairs, then dramatically severed ties with Zhunti. The other Saints suspected the Two Sages of the West were using the crisis to evade the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, while Yuanshi warned Jieyin not to break his promise.

• Zhunti raged at Hongjun’s punishment, but Jieyin thanked their teacher and admitted the Western Teachings had brought the disaster upon themselves.
• Jieyin apologized to the Primordial Wilderness and vowed that the Western Teachings would withdraw from eastern affairs, while Zhunti protested and the Western Buddha Mother wept.
• Jieyin struck Zhunti and declared that he was severing all ties with him, moving many living beings while the other Saints suspected a ploy to avoid the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Jieyin told Yuanshi that the Western Teachings would close themselves off after their losses, and Yuanshi warned that he would split open the Western Pure Land if Jieyin broke his word.

After the Western Teachings withdrew from the east, the Two Sages of the West gained public praise, prompting Heavenly Emperor Haotian to send Tianpeng to turn public opinion against them. Venerable Yuanshi then demanded Haotian protect his Chan Sect disciples from the Tribulation of Calamity, but Haotian refused and insisted they all be placed on the Investiture of the Gods list.

• The Western Teachings recalled their branches to the Western Land, and their reputation rose as people defended the Two Sages of the West.
• Haotian summoned Tianpeng and ordered him to use the water army to expose the Western Teachings' past deeds.
• Tianpeng warned that the Two Sages of the West might harm or convert his contacts, but Haotian said he would deal with them if they broke their promise to stay in the Western Land.
• Venerable Yuanshi repeatedly tried to enter the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, and Haotian shattered his summoned figure each time before allowing him to speak.
• Venerable Yuanshi demanded that Haotian protect his disciples from the Tribulation of Calamity and offered future support in return.
• Haotian rejected the offer and declared that he wanted every Chan Sect disciple placed on the list.

Haotian rejected Venerable Yuanshi’s demand to keep the Chan Sect Immortals off the Investiture of the Gods, and Yuanshi returned to Kunlun to gather his disciples. At the Jade Void Palace, Shen Gongbao stood among the respected Outer Disciples while Jiang Shang remained an outcast because of his poor cultivation.

• Haotian accused Venerable Yuanshi of causing his sister’s death and warned that he would retaliate against the Twelve Golden Immortals if Yuanshi interfered with his plans.
• Venerable Yuanshi threatened to strip Haotian of power through the Investiture of the Gods, but Haotian said the Heavenly Court already had more than a million immortals and dismissed him.
• Venerable Yuanshi returned to the Jade Void Palace, where the Chan Sect Immortals mocked Haotian and the Investiture of the Gods.
• Venerable Yuanshi ordered that all Chan Sect Outer Disciples be summoned to hear him expound the Great Dao.
• Shen Gongbao, now a respected Mystic Immortal, stood among the Outer Disciples beside Jiang Shang, who remained weak and scorned by the others.

Shen Gongbao took Jiang Shang under his wing during a sermon at the Jade Void Palace, while Yun Yi apologized to Jiang Shang after Shen challenged his judgment by appearances. Venerable Yuanshi then welcomed Ling Zhuzi, who boldly asked whom he should hack down.

• Shen Gongbao invited Jiang Shang to sit nearer the front and defended him when Yun Yi warned that he looked untrustworthy.
• Shen Gongbao challenged Yun Yi not to judge people by their faces, prompting Yun Yi to apologize to Jiang Shang and invite him to his Cave Abode.
• True Person Huanglong rebuked Shen Gongbao and the others for talking, while Venerable Yuanshi remained silent until most Outer Disciples had arrived.
• Venerable Yuanshi told White Crane Boy to open the doors and welcome a guest.
• Jin Ning brought Ling Zhuzi to the Jade Void Palace on Her Ladyship's orders, and Ling Zhuzi asked Venerable Yuanshi whom he should hack down.

Ling Zhuzi insulted the Chan Sect immortals and challenged Venerable Yuanshi, who revealed he had arranged Ling Zhuzi’s fate and erased his awareness. Yuanshi then lectured the disciples on the Great Dao, ending by rebuking Jiang Shang for fidgeting.

• Ling Zhuzi provoked the Twelve Golden Immortals and pointed his Fire-Tipped Spear at True Person Taiyi.
• Ling Zhuzi told Venerable Yuanshi that it was a pity Haotian held him down and urged him to kill Haotian.
• Venerable Yuanshi revealed that Ling Zhuzi had originated as a Primordial Spiritual Object in Kunlun and that he had sent him to Empress Nuwa.
• Venerable Yuanshi refined Ling Zhuzi, a late-stage Daluo Golden Immortal, into a bead and erased his awareness.
• Venerable Yuanshi began lecturing the Chan Sect disciples on the Great Dao and rebuked Jiang Shang for fidgeting.

Venerable Yuanshi explained that Jiang Shang was tied to the coming Tribulation of Calamity and that Ling Zhuzi would help the Chan Sect face it. As Venerable Yuanshi watched, Haotian confronted the Two Sages of the West, and Daoist Zhunti challenged him over his demands.

• Jiang Shang pleaded with Venerable Yuanshi after interrupting his sermon, and Venerable Yuanshi dismissed the Outer Disciples while keeping the Chan Sect's Core Disciples behind.
• Venerable Yuanshi told the Core Disciples that Ling Zhuzi would bear Slaughter Tribulations and that Jiang Shang had been accepted because he was tied to the coming calamity.
• Venerable Yuanshi instructed the Core Disciples to seek disciples in the Human Realm, said Jiang Shang would not become an immortal, and ordered True Person Taiyi to keep Ling Zhuzi until the time came to take him to Li Jing's home.
• Venerable Yuanshi projected the commotion outside the Jade Void Palace, where Haotian confronted the Two Sages of the West.
• Daoist Zhunti accused Haotian of being overbearing, and Haotian challenged the Western Sages to stop him.

Haotian confronted Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin over their attack on his juniors, then endured their combined assault and revealed that he had secretly become a Hunyuan Saint. Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti fled to Zixiao Palace for help, but Haotian arrived just after them.

• Haotian accused the Two Shakyas of violating their promise to stay out of the East and challenged Daoist Zhunti to attack him.
• Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin unleashed their divine abilities and treasures against Haotian, who met their assault with his own strength and was badly wounded.
• The watching Saints and Primordial Great Powers realized Haotian had secretly become a Hunyuan Saint, while Daoist Jieyin concluded Haotian had only been testing his strength.
• Daoist Jieyin warned Daoist Zhunti that Haotian might use his Trump Card and dragged him to Zixiao Palace to beg their teacher for help.
• Haotian arrived at Zixiao Palace as the Two Shakyas pleaded for help.

Haotian confronted Two Shakya outside Zixiao Palace and tested Hongjun’s response, but Hongjun effortlessly erased his attacks and nearly killed him with a sneak attack before an unseen power intervened. Haotian left in anger, and when Two Shakya asked Hongjun to uphold justice, he reminded them that they had always behaved the same way.

• Haotian used the Thunder Emperor's Finger to threaten Two Shakya outside Zixiao Palace, but the attack vanished before reaching them.
• Hongjun opened Zixiao Palace and told Haotian to go back after dissolving his attack.
• As Haotian turned to leave, Hongjun secretly launched a black nail at him, but an invisible hand erased it before it could strike.
• Haotian condemned Hongjun's furtive attack and left in anger.
• Two Shakya complained to Hongjun about Haotian, and Hongjun replied that they had always done the same thing.

The Two Shakya sought guidance from the Dao Ancestor, who told them to wait for the Western Lands’ time to flourish. As Haotian surveyed the Primordial Wilderness and its approaching upheavals, an ominous warning struck him, but Yuan Qing said he was about to encounter tremendous fortune.

• The Dao Ancestor sent the Two Shakya back to the Western Land and told them to wait for its destined flourishing.
• Taibai Golden Star and the Heavenly Court’s immortals welcomed Haotian, newly revealed as a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, and held a grand celebration.
• Haotian observed the rising Immortal Dao and the competing plans, conflicts, and changes unfolding across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Haotian reflected that even as a Hunyuan Saint, he could neither control the great tide nor freely overturn its rules.
• Haotian felt a crushing warning and summoned his master, Yuan Qing, with the Bronze Bell.
• Yuan Qing examined Haotian and told him he was about to meet tremendous fortune.

Qingyuan told Haotian that his method to eternally attain the Heavenly Emperor position had succeeded because Ji Fengming was one of Haotian’s True Spirit fragments and would become influential after reincarnating. He assured Haotian that he would protect him through the trials and ordered him to stay in the Heavenly Court and avoid interfering in worldly affairs.

• Haotian explained that he had sensed unease despite few of his reincarnated True Spirit fragments achieving prominence, and Qingyuan said the feeling came from the coming trials for the Heavenly Emperor position.
• Qingyuan revealed that the Two Shakya had secretly sent one of Haotian’s True Spirit fragments into Reincarnation, where it became Ji Fengming, a disciple of the Human Sect.
• Qingyuan explained that Ji Fengming planned to enter Reincarnation again to resolve his Heavenly Dao oath and help the Human Race, and that his rebirth would complete Haotian’s method and lead to 1,750 tribulations.
• Haotian worried that he would fail the trials, especially the Heavenly Dao trial, but Qingyuan promised to protect him and instructed him to remain in the Heavenly Court without interfering in Primordial Wilderness affairs.
• Qingyuan departed without revealing what Ji Fengming would become, while Haotian accepted his orders and rejoiced that his method would succeed without his effort.

Qingyuan sent Ji Fengming to reincarnate as Zhang Youren, a poor farmer’s son in East Victory Continent, instead of placing him in the Zhou Royal House. Taiqing arrived to demand an explanation, but Pingxin argued the plan could give his disciple lasting influence, and Taiqing discovered Zhang Youren’s future could not be divined.

• Pingxin proposed reincarnating Ji Fengming as Ji Chang’s son so he could help Zhou replace Shang and strengthen the Human Race.
• Qingyuan revealed that Ji Fengming had already reincarnated as Zhang Youren, born to a poor farming family in East Victory Continent.
• Qingyuan said he aimed to establish a lasting foundation to protect the Human Race and connect the Underworld Bureau with the Primordial Wilderness.
• Taiqing arrived at Pingxin Hall in anger, then froze when he saw Great Love Heavenly Venerate there.
• Pingxin told Taiqing that Zhang Youren could gain enduring influence beyond the limits of a Human Emperor.
• Taiqing failed to divine Zhang Youren’s future, though he sensed his Fortune Aura would continue without end.

Saint Taiqing accepted that Pingxin’s plans would not affect him and returned to secluded cultivation while Di Xin’s reforms made Great Shang prosperous and strengthened the Human Emperor’s rule. Meanwhile, Jiang Shang remained trapped in menial work at the Chan Sect’s alchemy room until a personal attendant of Taiyi came looking for him.

• Saint Taiqing left the Netherworld and resumed secluded cultivation after sensing Pingxin’s matter would not affect him.
• Di Xin ascended as Human Emperor, reformed Great Shang’s government and army, expanded agriculture and trade, and subdued rebellious feudal states.
• Di Xin invited Disciples of the Sect of Interception to serve in Great Shang, helping stabilize the Nine Provinces as the dynasty entered a golden age.
• Jiang Shang struggled through exhausting alchemy-room labor at Kunlun Mountain, having advanced only to the Spirit Refining and Void Return realm with help from Shen Gongbao and Yun Yi.
• Senior Brother Xuandao arrived at the alchemy room asking for Jiang Shang, and the steward had him dragged out and accused him of wrongdoing.

Jiang Shang was summoned to the Jade Void Palace, where Venerable Yuanshi told him that his immortal destiny had run its course and ordered him to descend the mountain. After Jiang Shang thanked his teacher, Immortal Elder Nanji questioned how he would support himself after leaving.

• Xuandao brought the battered Jiang Shang from the pill-refining chamber to the Jade Void Palace after Venerable Yuanshi summoned him.
• Venerable Yuanshi asked how long Jiang Shang had cultivated and told him to descend the mountain because his immortal destiny had ended.
• True Person Taiyi berated Jiang Shang, saying he had never been suited to become an Immortal and had advanced only because of the Chan Sect’s support.
• Jiang Shang bowed three times and kowtowed nine times to thank Venerable Yuanshi, who then dismissed him.
• Immortal Elder Nanji asked Jiang Shang where he would go, and Jiang Shang said he might use his cultivation to earn a living before Nanji warned that he would starve.

Venerable Yuanshi gave Jiang Shang the Investiture List and ordered him to leave Kunlun Mountain to fulfill his assigned mission, though he withheld the details. After Xuandao mocked and abandoned him, Jiang Shang returned to the disciples’ quarters and asked Yun Yi about the Investiture of the Gods.

• Immortal Elder Nanji told Jiang Shang that his plans for earning a living among mortals were naive and that his path to immortality had ended.
• Guangchengzi proposed entrusting Jiang Shang with a mission, and Venerable Yuanshi declared that Jiang Shang was destined to preside over the Investiture List.
• Venerable Yuanshi handed Jiang Shang the Investiture List, ordered him down the mountain, and warned him not to reveal that he possessed it.
• Xuandao mocked Jiang Shang for failing to become an Immortal, then left him to make his own way back to the disciples’ quarters.
• Jiang Shang returned to the quarters with help from fellow disciples, found Shen Gongbao away, and asked Yun Yi about the Investiture of the Gods.

Jiang Shang learned from Yun Yi that the Investiture List could confer divine ranks and resolved to use it to become powerful. As he left the Kunlun Mountains, Shen Gongbao caught up with him and gave him a phone and a spiritual treasure to protect him.

• Yun Yi explained that the Investiture List could grant divine ranks and immense power to those it enshrined.
• Jiang Shang secretly considered granting himself the highest divine rank and hurried to leave the mountain with the list.
• The Disciplinary Hall immortals let Jiang Shang pass after hearing that the Saint had driven him off the mountain.
• Shen Gongbao caught up with Jiang Shang, encouraged him, and gave him a phone and a Mid-grade Houtian Spiritual Treasure.

Shen Gongbao helped Jiang Shang prepare to leave the mountain, and Jiang Shang revealed that he had received the Investiture List and would preside over the Investiture of the Gods. True Person Taiyi then took Jiang Shang by the collar and flew him toward his hometown.

• Shen Gongbao gave Jiang Shang a phone and a Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, offered help if he encountered trouble, and wished him well.
• Jiang Shang told Shen Gongbao that he had received the Investiture List and was destined to preside over the Investiture of the Gods.
• Jiang Shang promised to make Shen Gongbao a powerful god once he learned how to use the list.
• Jiang Shang said he planned to return to the Nine Provinces and help his people, while Shen Gongbao doubted his confidence.
• True Person Taiyi arrived, offered to take Jiang Shang to his hometown on the way to Chentang Pass, then grabbed him by the collar and flew off.

Shen Gongbao struggled to understand why Jiang Shang had been entrusted with the Investiture List, and True Person Huanglong exploited his doubts to turn him against Jiang Shang. Huanglong claimed Jiang Shang had spoken ill of Shen Gongbao to Master, leaving Shen Gongbao with growing resentment and a shocking accusation to consider.

• Shen Gongbao wondered why Master had given Jiang Shang the Investiture List instead of him, and questioned whether Jiang Shang could handle the task.
• True Person Huanglong slapped Shen Gongbao and mocked him for treating Jiang Shang as a brother despite losing the Investiture List to him.
• True Person Huanglong argued that Jiang Shang had taken advantage of Shen Gongbao's help and reminded him that Shen Gongbao had arranged safe work for Jiang Shang and completed his missions.
• Shen Gongbao recalled Jiang Shang's repeated requests for help and began to feel resentment toward him.
• True Person Huanglong claimed he had seen Jiang Shang speak ill of Shen Gongbao in front of Master.

True Person Huanglong and True Person Taiyi each convinced Shen Gongbao and Jiang Shang that the other was plotting to steal the Investiture List. Jiang Shang handed his phone and magic treasure to True Person Taiyi for safekeeping, while Shen Gongbao was left preparing to confront him.

• True Person Huanglong told Shen Gongbao that Jiang Shang had persuaded their master to give him the Investiture List by portraying Shen Gongbao as a dangerous beast who would bring trouble to the Chan Sect.
• Believing Jiang Shang had betrayed him, Shen Gongbao called him to demand answers.
• True Person Taiyi told Jiang Shang that Shen Gongbao had tried to steal the Investiture List and had used gifts and a tracked phone to gain Jiang Shang's trust.
• When Shen Gongbao called to ask where Jiang Shang would stay in Great Shang, Jiang Shang took it as proof of True Person Taiyi's claims and hung up.
• Jiang Shang gave True Person Taiyi his phone and magic treasure, and thanked him for protecting him.

True Person Huanglong persuaded Shen Gongbao to reclaim the Investiture List, while Jiang Shang returned to Great Shang and was arrested after drawing suspicion in a prefectural city. Jiang Shang discovered that he could not use his magic as the soldiers took him away.

• True Person Huanglong mocked Shen Gongbao and urged him to take back the Investiture List, leaving Shen Gongbao uncertain and angry.
• True Person Taiyi showed Jiang Shang a partial image of Huanglong speaking with Shen Gongbao and warned him to hide when he reached Great Shang.
• True Person Taiyi dropped Jiang Shang off in Great Shang and went alone to Chentang Pass, while Jiang Shang sought shelter and asked about the ruler of the Nine Provinces.
• Jiang Shang ate in a busy inn and asked a waiter about the Human Emperor, prompting the waiter and diners to report him as suspicious to the authorities.
• Shang soldiers arrested Jiang Shang, and he found that his magic would not work before a soldier struck him on the head with a saber hilt.

Jiang Shang was captured by Great Shang soldiers and thrown into a prison where powerful immortals were summarily executed. Terrified by the prison’s deadly authority, he faced execution after the man in charge dismissed his plea of innocence.

• Jiang Shang tried to attack the soldiers with the Five-Elements Immortal Arts, but the deputy general struck him and dispersed his spell before having him imprisoned.
• Jiang Shang claimed he belonged to the Interception Sect after seeing a fellow prisoner make the same claim, and the man in charge ordered that prisoner executed.
• A disheveled immortal offered the guards cultivation, treasure, and marriage prospects in exchange for release, and the man in charge ordered him beheaded for bribery and misleading the public.
• Jiang Shang considered using a technique taught by Shen Gongbao to escape, but another prisoner detonated himself and had every drop of his blood consumed by a ghostly head.
• The man in charge asked Jiang Shang what crime he had committed, dismissed his plea of innocence as glib, and ordered him dragged away for execution.

Jiang Shang was arrested in Great Shang after asking who the Human Emperor was, and he struggled to convince Mo Lihong that he was not a threat. After revealing that the Chan Sect had expelled him, Jiang Shang learned that Mo Lihong was a Jie Sect Mystic Immortal who had cultivated for only a few decades.

• Jiang Shang pleaded for his life and swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao to prove he was a Chan Sect Disciple.
• Mo Lihong questioned Jiang Shang about why he had come to Great Shang and whether he planned to assassinate the king.
• Jiang Shang admitted that he had been expelled from the Chan Sect after failing to become immortal and had returned to Great Shang seeking a place in the court.
• Mo Lihong revealed that he was a Jie Sect Disciple and mocked the Chan Sect for expelling Jiang Shang.
• A Purple Golden Flower Fox Marten landed on Mo Lihong's shoulder, and Mo Lihong said he had reached the Mystic Immortal realm in a few decades.

Mo Lihong nearly died when he searched Jiang Shang’s soul and drew the attention of True Person Taiyi, whose attack was blocked by Mo Lihong’s master. After Mo Lihong released Jiang Shang, the four brothers reported the incident to their master and Di Xin, while Jiang Shang headed for Chaoge and encountered an airplane.

• Mo Lihong suspected Jiang Shang of spying and ordered Xu Kun to drag him away for execution, but Xu Kun argued that Jiang Shang seemed harmless.
• Mo Lihong searched Jiang Shang’s soul, where True Person Taiyi spotted him through the River of Time and struck at him.
• A sword blocked True Person Taiyi’s attack, and Mo Lihong’s master warned him that no one could kill Chan Sect disciples without the Chan Sect’s permission.
• Mo Lihong released Jiang Shang and told his three brothers what had happened, and they reported it to their master and Di Xin.
• Jiang Shang left Jiameng Pass for Chaoge and was astonished to see that mortals could ride an airplane.