Recaps

Guangchengzi persuaded Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor to help destroy Shang Zhou by claiming they could spare the Interception Sect’s Personal and Core Disciples and gain favor from both Saints. The two agreed, but worried that falsifying history would fail because the Great Dao’s traces could expose the deception.

• Guangchengzi warned Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor that anyone who aided Shang Zhou would face destruction, even if they were Saints.
• Guangchengzi proposed sparing the Interception Sect’s Personal Disciples and some Core Disciples while killing other disciples involved with Shang Zhou, arguing that this would soften the consequences and earn favor from both Saints.
• Qilin Old Ancestor asked how destroying Interception Sect disciples could win favor from Sect Master Tongtian, and Guangchengzi explained that surviving core disciples could let the sect flourish again.
• Qilin Old Ancestor asked whether Guangchengzi’s fabricated history was meant to kill the Interception Sect’s Core Disciples, and Guangchengzi denied that he would slaughter his fellow disciples.
• Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor agreed to Guangchengzi’s plan but said that the Great Dao’s traces could expose their fabricated history.

Guangchengzi revealed that he planned to use Four Extremities Heaven’s Saints to fabricate history and Dao Traces, while Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor agreed to help win over one side each. After sending the two elders away, Guangchengzi assigned his junior brothers tasks to spread rumors, recruit support, and prepare for a severed Space-Time.

• Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor explained that they could not convincingly imitate ancient Dao Traces themselves.
• Guangchengzi said Four Extremities Heaven’s Saints could join with six Saints to fabricate a convincing world and its history.
• Phoenix Ancestor and Qilin Old Ancestor each agreed to win over one side, and Guangchengzi said he would persuade the remaining two.
• After the elders left, Guangchengzi activated an Innate Restriction and told his junior brothers he trusted only them.
• Guangchengzi ordered True Person Huanglong and Lingbao Great Mage to spread rumors in the East Sea, while Manjushri, Puxian, and Cihang prepared the groundwork for a severed Space-Time.
• Guangchengzi assigned Yuding and Qingxu to establish an Inspection Pavilion in West Qi and gather intelligence.

Guangchengzi sent Chijingzi to counsel Juliusun and the others, while he and the Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor sought help from the Four Extremities Heaven. After the two clans spent their remaining favors with White Tiger and Vermilion Bird, Guangchengzi persuaded Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise to cooperate as well.

• Guangchengzi gave Chijingzi the task of easing Juliusun, Taiyi, and Daoxing’s worries, and Chijingzi suggested hinting at Guangchengzi’s favor rather than explaining his motives outright.
• Guangchengzi accepted Chijingzi’s advice and said he needed to act with greater authority as head of the Chan Sect.
• The Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor spent their clans’ remaining favors to secure White Tiger’s and Vermilion Bird’s help, leaving both clans with fewer options.
• Guangchengzi reassured the two ancestors that their clans would benefit after the Interception Sect fell, then asked them to take him to Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise.
• Guangchengzi emerged from both meetings having secured Azure Dragon’s and Black Tortoise’s agreement, but kept his methods to himself and told the two ancestors to coordinate with the Four Extremities Heaven.

Guangchengzi returned to West Qi, confident in his plans to defeat the Interception Sect, but Lu Ya ambushed him with the Divine Crow Gourd. After Guangchengzi gained the upper hand in their fierce battle, Lu Ya swallowed him into the gourd.

• Guangchengzi considered how to use West Qi’s forces to attack Shang Zhou and destroy the Interception Sect while avoiding the dangers of the calamity.
• Lu Ya ambushed Guangchengzi with the Divine Crow Gourd, and Guangchengzi mocked him before learning he had reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Perfect Stage.
• Lu Ya unleashed Solar True Fire, but Guangchengzi countered with the Fan Tian Seal and scattered the flames.
• Guangchengzi sealed off Lu Ya’s escape with Jade Clarity Immortal Banners and pressed forward as Lu Ya’s magical power waned.
• When Guangchengzi reached out to seize him, Lu Ya used the Divine Crow Gourd to swallow Guangchengzi.

Lu Ya captured Guangchengzi with the Divine Crow Gourd, but more than a hundred West Qi Quasi-Saints surrounded him as he tried to escape. Kong Xuan appeared to escort Lu Ya away and struck down a Phoenix Clan Quasi-Saint who attacked; a clear laugh then rang out as they prepared to leave.

• Lu Ya sealed the Divine Crow Gourd, recovered from battle, and headed toward Jiameng Pass with three Demon Race subordinates and the captured Guangchengzi.
• More than a hundred West Qi Quasi-Saints surrounded Lu Ya and demanded that he release Guangchengzi.
• Lu Ya called for Kong Xuan, who appeared and told the Quasi-Saints to stand down.
• Kong Xuan escorted Lu Ya away, but a Three-Corpse-Severing Phoenix Clan Quasi-Saint attacked them.
• Kong Xuan made the attacker’s magic treasure vanish and caused his head to explode, then warned the others not to attack again.
• As Kong Xuan and Lu Ya prepared to leave, clear laughter echoed across the area.

Kong Xuan confronted Phoenix Ancestor over the Phoenix Clan’s past treatment of him and his younger brother, and Phoenix Ancestor used Saintly might to suppress him. Chijingzi arrived and asked to speak privately with the two Saints about a matter concerning Great Zhou’s survival, but Qilin Old Ancestor refused to leave Kong Xuan and the others unwatched.

• Qilin Old Ancestor appeared before Kong Xuan, praised his manners, and recalled the ties between their clans.
• Phoenix Ancestor accused Kong Xuan of abandoning the Phoenix Clan, and Kong Xuan replied that the clan had mistreated him and his younger brother.
• Phoenix Ancestor released Saintly might to force Kong Xuan to kneel, but Kong Xuan mocked him as a half-Saint and Phoenix Ancestor prepared to attack.
• Chijingzi arrived with an object carrying the essence of a Saint’s Great Dao and asked Phoenix Ancestor and Qilin Old Ancestor to hear urgent news about Great Zhou in private.
• Phoenix Ancestor agreed to speak privately, but Qilin Old Ancestor stayed behind to watch Kong Xuan and the others, leaving Phoenix Ancestor hesitant.

Chijingzi persuaded Phoenix Ancestor and Qilin Old Ancestor that Guangchengzi planned to use them and their clans as cannon fodder, then offered them a partnership and promises of lasting status. The two Saints agreed to entrust their clans’ destiny to him, but questioned how he could guarantee anything without the Human Dao Seal, and Chijingzi argued that its absence left them free and unreplaceable.

• Chijingzi tried to leave after Phoenix Ancestor and Qilin Old Ancestor showed little interest, but they stopped him when he threatened that they would regret continuing to serve Guangchengzi.
• Chijingzi accused Guangchengzi of planning to revoke their Saint Positions, claim the rewards for himself, and make their clans bear the calamity’s karmic burden.
• Chijingzi argued that Guangchengzi had made the two clans enemies of the Interception Sect and intended to use the Saints as cannon fodder, then promised to treat them better and preserve their status.
• Chijingzi said he would avoid attacking the Interception Sect unless it attacked first, and Phoenix Ancestor and Qilin Old Ancestor agreed to cooperate and entrust their clans’ destiny to him.
• Qilin Old Ancestor questioned how Chijingzi could guarantee their positions without the Human Dao Seal, and Chijingzi argued that its disappearance left them free, powerful, and impossible to replace.

Chijingzi persuaded Phoenix Ancestor and Qilin Old Ancestor to fake a defeat, but they later cornered Kong Xuan and Lu Ya at Great Shang's border and demanded the treasure holding Guangchengzi. Qilin Old Ancestor offered to make Guangchengzi disappear from the Primordial Wilderness, leaving Kong Xuan and the others uncertain whether to agree.

• Chijingzi reassured Phoenix Ancestor and Qilin Old Ancestor that he would explain Guangchengzi's capture to his master, then told them to stage a failed attack and flee.
• Qilin Old Ancestor blocked Kong Xuan and Lu Ya as they tried to leave, but a sudden upheaval in the Primordial Wilderness wounded him, and he and Phoenix Ancestor withdrew with the Quasi-Saints.
• Kong Xuan and Lu Ya tried to return to Great Shang, but an unseen force kept them from crossing its border.
• Kong Xuan called for the hidden senior to reveal himself, and Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor appeared and trapped the group at the border.
• Qilin Old Ancestor demanded the treasure sealing Guangchengzi and offered to ensure Guangchengzi never returned to the Primordial Wilderness; Lu Ya refused, and the group fell silent.

Kong Xuan and Lu Ya refused to hand Guangchengzi over until Qilin Old Ancestor threatened their companions. Kong Xuan stopped him by surrendering the Divine Crow Gourd, leaving Qilin Old Ancestor holding the treasure.

• Qilin Old Ancestor claimed many in West Qi wanted Guangchengzi gone because he planned to use surrendered generals to attack the Interception Sect and later make them take the blame.
• Qilin Old Ancestor said he wanted to imprison Guangchengzi until the war ended so he could answer to the Chan Sect Saints, but Kong Xuan refused to hand him over.
• Qilin Old Ancestor trapped Kong Xuan, Lu Ya, and their companions in his palm and threatened to crush Canlong unless they surrendered Guangchengzi.
• Kong Xuan stopped Qilin Old Ancestor's finger from crushing Canlong, and Lu Ya handed over the Divine Crow Gourd at Kong Xuan's signal.
• Qilin Old Ancestor seized the Divine Crow Gourd and decided not to refine it, fearing that doing so would anger Guangchengzi.

Qilin Old Ancestor extorted treasures from Lu Ya and Kong Xuan, then killed Canlong and Ghost Mountain to enforce his demands. He seized Kong Xuan’s earth-element pearl and demanded the other four Five Elements pearls, leaving Kong Xuan and Lu Ya trapped under his threat.

• Qilin Old Ancestor kept the Divine Crow Gourd and demanded that Lu Ya offer Phoenix Ancestor a token of gratitude before leaving.
• When Lu Ya warned him against excessive greed, Qilin Old Ancestor crushed Canlong and let the Investiture Altar take Canlong’s True Spirit.
• Qilin Old Ancestor threatened Lu Ya, then crushed Ghost Mountain when Lu Ya continued to show his anger.
• Kong Xuan offered an Innate Spiritual Treasure and then a Five Elements earth pearl, but Qilin Old Ancestor took both for himself.
• Qilin Old Ancestor demanded that Kong Xuan hand over the other four elemental spiritual pearls and threatened him with physical pain.

Qilin Old Ancestor extorted Kong Xuan and Lu Ya for their treasures, then demanded Hunyuan Golden Cores from the Interception Sect in exchange for letting them go. He threatened that he could kill them and conceal the evidence, leaving Lu Ya uncertain whether the Heavenly Dao Saints could discover the truth.

• Kong Xuan handed Qilin Old Ancestor the remaining four Spirit Pearls, which combined with the first pearl into a set of Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Qilin Old Ancestor claimed the pearls belonged to the Qilin Clan and pressured Kong Xuan to offer Phoenix Ancestor a gift as well.
• Kong Xuan gave up two Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, and Qilin Old Ancestor took them despite Phoenix Ancestor refusing them.
• Qilin Old Ancestor continued to hold Kong Xuan and Lu Ya, then asked Kong Xuan to give the Qilin Clan Hunyuan Golden Cores in return for safe passage to Great Shang.
• Lu Ya warned Kong Xuan not to trust Qilin Old Ancestor, who claimed he could kill them and hide his involvement from the Heavenly Dao Saints.

Qilin Old Ancestor extorted Kong Xuan for treasures, seized his Great Thousand World, and captured him as a hostage while casting Lu Ya away. Lu Ya returned to Golden Ao Island and urgently called for his master.

• Qilin Old Ancestor demanded about a hundred Hunyuan Golden Cores, and Lu Ya angrily condemned his greed.
• Qilin Old Ancestor crushed Taoci and used his power to force Lu Ya to one knee, while Kong Xuan offered his single Golden Core and a trove of treasures.
• Qilin Old Ancestor seized Kong Xuan's Great Thousand World and claimed its contents as punishment, despite Kong Xuan accepting his decision.
• Qilin Old Ancestor invited Kong Xuan to the Qilin Clan and secretly planned to imprison him, then kicked Lu Ya away and left him without his three subordinates or Senior Brother Kong Xuan.
• Lu Ya swore revenge, returned to Golden Ao Island, and urgently called out to his master.

Liu Yuan accompanied Lu Ya to West Qi to confront Qilin Old Ancestor over Kong Xuan being taken hostage. After Lu Ya attacked the city’s defenders and demanded Qilin Old Ancestor appear, Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor watched from concealment without revealing themselves.

• Lu Ya told Liu Yuan how Qilin Old Ancestor had taken Kong Xuan hostage and asked for help.
• Liu Yuan dismissed Lu Ya’s concerns about facing a Saint and decided to go with him to West Qi without informing their Master.
• Liu Yuan brought Lu Ya to West Qi City, where he encouraged Lu Ya to attack the Immortals glaring at him.
• Lu Ya burned the defenders, including a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, to ashes and demanded that Qilin Old Ancestor come out.
• Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor stayed hidden and observed Liu Yuan.

Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor recognized that the Saints were using them as blades, but decided to exploit the conflict to strengthen their clans. Outside West Qi City, Lu Ya returned with Liu Yuan and challenged the old thief while a crowd of immortals surrounded them.

• Qilin Old Ancestor told Phoenix Ancestor that the Saints would reclaim their power and leave their clans bearing the consequences of the conflict.
• Qilin Old Ancestor urged Phoenix Ancestor to seize resources and authority for their descendants while they still could.
• Phoenix Ancestor agreed to join Qilin Old Ancestor in displaying their clans’ strength, and he ordered his subordinates to test Lu Ya and Liu Yuan.
• Outside West Qi City, immortals from various clans surrounded Lu Ya and Liu Yuan, seeking the rewards offered for capturing or killing Lu Ya.
• Lu Ya dismissed the surrounding immortals and shouted for the old thief to come out and die.

Lu Ya challenged West Qi City and used the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to behead two Quasi-Saints who attacked him. He continued taunting the city until Qilin Clan chief Lin Xuan appeared, empowered as a Three-Corpse-Severed Quasi-Saint, and threatened to kill him.

• Wan Hong and Shi Gang attacked Lu Ya and Liu Yuan outside West Qi City with their Divine Abilities.
• Lu Ya summoned the Immortal-Slaying Gourd and beheaded Wan Hong and Shi Gang, alarming the immortals in the city.
• Lu Ya taunted the immortals and demanded that the Qilin Old Ancestor come out, while Chijingzi appeared on the wall and exchanged insults with him.
• Lin Xuan arrived with Qilin Clan Quasi-Saints, and Lu Ya accused him of taking a Hunyuan Golden Core.
• Lin Xuan threatened Lu Ya and stepped out of the city.

Lin Xuan attacked Lu Ya with two Innate Spiritual Treasure swords, and Lu Ya exposed the Qilin Old Ancestor’s betrayal and thefts while fleeing. The Qilin Old Ancestor admitted what he had done and confronted the Chan Sect, while Liu Yuan challenged him to answer for his actions.

• Lin Xuan launched a surprise attack on Lu Ya with two Innate Spiritual Treasure swords, and Lu Ya fled while Liu Yuan recognized the weapons.
• Lu Ya told Liu Yuan that Lin Xuan’s swords had been stolen from Kong Xuan and accused the Qilin Old Ancestor of abducting Guangchengzi, breaking his promise, and taking treasures.
• Chijingzi and the Chan Sect disciples confronted the Qilin Old Ancestor, who admitted his actions and rebuked them for showing him no respect.
• Liu Yuan interrupted the Qilin Old Ancestor’s confrontation with the Chan Sect and demanded that they settle their own scores.
• The Qilin Old Ancestor tried to shift blame onto Lu Ya, and Liu Yuan scolded him for daring to laugh.

Liu Yuan confronted Qilin Old Ancestor in West Qi, threatened him with the Qingping Sword, and forced him to return Kong Xuan. Qilin Old Ancestor backed down, and Kong Xuan reunited with Lu Ya.

• Liu Yuan threatened the Qilin Clan and enraged Qilin Old Ancestor, who summoned his Dharma image and attacked him.
• Liu Yuan displayed the Qingping Sword and challenged Qilin Old Ancestor to say whether it could slay him.
• Qilin Old Ancestor abandoned his threats, asked what Liu Yuan wanted, and denied abducting Kong Xuan.
• Liu Yuan pressed Qilin Old Ancestor about Kong Xuan, and Qilin Old Ancestor admitted he had divined Kong Xuan’s whereabouts and went to bring him back.
• Qilin Old Ancestor returned with Kong Xuan, who reunited with Lu Ya and asked for his belongings back.

Kong Xuan and Lu Ya forced the Qilin Old Ancestor to return their stolen treasures and compensate them, then demanded the Hunyuan Golden Core he could no longer retrieve. Liu Yuan rejected the Qilin Old Ancestor’s offer of favors and demanded that either the clan leader who ate the pill or the Old Ancestor die.

• The Qilin Old Ancestor returned Kong Xuan’s and Lu Ya’s stolen artifacts and treasures, adding compensation after Lu Ya accused him of stripping Kong Xuan’s Great Thousand Worlds bare.
• Lu Ya demanded the Hunyuan Golden Core and rejected the Qilin Old Ancestor’s offer of favors, while the Old Ancestor explained that a Qilin junior had swallowed the pill.
• Lu Ya jokingly demanded Chijingzi’s head, then recalled that the Qilin Old Ancestor had killed three of his subordinates and refused to let the matter go.
• Liu Yuan interrupted Lu Ya and told the Qilin Old Ancestor that the Qilin clan leader would not keep his life in exchange for the pill.
• Liu Yuan drew the Qingping Sword and demanded that the Qilin Old Ancestor choose whether the clan leader or he would die.

Liu Yuan forced the Qilin Old Ancestor to choose between his own life and Lin Xuan’s, and the Qilin Clan paid a devastating price. As Liu Yuan and his companions departed, he revealed that the Qingping Sword was fake, enraging the Old Ancestor.

• Liu Yuan gave the Qilin Old Ancestor three breaths to choose whether he or Lin Xuan would die, while Lu Ya urged Liu Yuan to destroy the clan.
• The Qilin Old Ancestor asked Liu Yuan to spare the clan, but Liu Yuan refused to let him avoid choosing.
• The Qilin Old Ancestor addressed Lin Xuan, and Lin Xuan apologized before extinguishing his own life force.
• Liu Yuan ordered the qilins who had defended Lin Xuan to die as well, and they extinguished their own life forces.
• Lu Ya urged Liu Yuan to kill the Qilin Old Ancestor, but Liu Yuan left for the East Sea with Kong Xuan and Lu Ya.
• The Qilin Old Ancestor stopped Liu Yuan over the Qingping Sword, and Liu Yuan said it was fake, provoking the Old Ancestor’s furious roar.

Liu Yuan taunted the Qilin Old Ancestor after tricking him with a fake Qingping Sword, then bluffed him into sparing the Jie Sect group and sending them back to Golden Ao Island. Once safely home, Liu Yuan admitted he had no means to slay a Saint, leaving the Qilin Old Ancestor enraged.

• The Qilin Old Ancestor unleashed his power over the Primordial Wilderness and confronted Liu Yuan for deceiving him with a fake Qingping Sword.
• Liu Yuan mocked the Qilin Old Ancestor for believing the sword was real and blamed him for the Qilin Clan’s losses.
• The Qilin Old Ancestor seized Liu Yuan, Kong Xuan, and Lu Ya, but Liu Yuan threatened to slay him and made him hesitate.
• The Qilin Old Ancestor pretended he only meant to escort the three to Golden Ao Island and sent them back through the void.
• After reaching Golden Ao Island, Liu Yuan admitted he had no Saint-slaying means and had only borrowed another’s power to bluff the Qilin Old Ancestor, who flew into a rage.

Liu Yuan drove the Qilin Old Ancestor away from Golden Ao Island and then released Guangchengzi, explaining that West Qi was in turmoil. Guangchengzi learned that the Qilin Old Ancestor and Chijingzi had schemed against him, and he set off to deal with the crisis.

• Liu Yuan publicly revealed the Qilin Old Ancestor’s actions, but the Old Ancestor suppressed his anger and left Golden Ao Island.
• Liu Yuan told Lu Ya that he had means to kill the Qilin Old Ancestor but had held back to avoid making the Interception Sect a target.
• Liu Yuan decided to release Guangchengzi so he could return to West Qi and let its factions turn against one another.
• Liu Yuan used the Space Great Dao Laws to remove the restrictions on Lu Ya’s Divine Crow Gourd, and Lu Ya freed Guangchengzi.
• Liu Yuan explained West Qi’s turmoil, and Guangchengzi realized the Qilin Old Ancestor and Chijingzi had plotted against him before leaving to settle the matter.

Liu Yuan promised to help Lu Ya defeat West Qi after he finished refining something, while Qilin Old Ancestor returned to West Qi and asserted control over the campaign. When Chijingzi tried to pass leadership back to Qilin Old Ancestor, an unknown voice objected.

• Liu Yuan told Kong Xuan and Lu Ya he would help Lu Ya at Jiameng Pass after refining something and returning from Secluded Cultivation.
• Qilin Old Ancestor gathered the Chan Sect Disciples, Phoenix Ancestor, and Loose Immortals in West Qi and claimed the leading position.
• Several Loose Immortals backed Chijingzi as their leader, while Chijingzi rejected their support and praised Qilin Old Ancestor instead.
• Phoenix Ancestor, the Avian Clan, the Qilin Clan, the Beast Clan, and most of the gathered Immortals agreed that Qilin Old Ancestor should lead.
• An unidentified voice outside the hall declared, “I object!”

Guangchengzi returned to West Qi and took command, dismissing the Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor after ordering the Qilin Old Ancestor to continue his task. He summoned Ji Chang and ordered him to begin the Conquest of Zhou immediately.

• Guangchengzi arrived, and the Chan Sect disciples welcomed him while denouncing the Qilin Old Ancestor.
• Guangchengzi mocked Chijingzi, then took the seat of honor and ordered the Qilin Old Ancestor to complete his earlier task.
• The Qilin Old Ancestor pledged to fight the Interception Sect, while Guangchengzi dismissed him and the Phoenix Ancestor.
• Guangchengzi sent everyone but the Chan Sect disciples away and summoned Ji Chang.
• Guangchengzi ordered Ji Chang to muster his soldiers and launch the Conquest of Zhou without waiting for spring.

Guangchengzi ordered West Qi to prepare for the Conquest of Zhou while urging the Chan Sect Disciples to help Jiang Ziya. He apologized for his past conduct, winning back their loyalty as he focused his hatred on destroying the Interception Sect.

• Guangchengzi told Ji Chang to dispatch troops against Shang Zhou in ten days and appoint Jiang Ziya as Grand Preceptor to lead the allied forces.
• After Ji Chang left, Guangchengzi reminded Chijingzi to recruit Juliusun and the other disciples for the Conquest of Zhou.
• Guangchengzi apologized to the Chan Sect Disciples, admitted he had been too eager to seize authority, and offered to let them punish him after the campaign.
• Chijingzi knelt, confessed he had tried to take Guangchengzi’s position, and pledged his loyalty; the other Outer Disciples also knelt and vowed to obey Guangchengzi.

Ji Chang used the Hundred-League Assembly to establish his authority over the gathered feudal lords and organize the million-strong army against Shang. He left Jiang Ziya in command of three hundred thousand troops tasked with attacking Sishui Pass.

• The feudal lords and their armies gathered outside West Qi City, forming a force of roughly a million with Great Zhou's troops.
• Ji Chang rode out and ordered the arrest and beheading of lords who kept talking after the assembly fell silent.
• Ji Chang rebuked the assembled lords and took control of military authority, arranging deployments for the campaign against Shang.
• Ji Chang observed that Jiang Ziya remained quiet and did not interfere with his decisions.
• Ji Chang asked Jiang Ziya to lead the Conquest of Zhou and assigned him three hundred thousand troops to attack Sishui Pass.