Recaps

Lu Ya became Qingyuan’s disciple and brought his Demon Race forces into Great Shang, where Di Xin accepted them as allies against West Qi. As Great Zhou expanded under Guangchengzi, the Chan Sect began plotting to lure and destroy Interception Sect disciples, pressuring the Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor to assist.

• Lu Ya followed his token to Golden Ao Island, where Qingyuan accepted him as a disciple, removed his hidden shackles, and promised him a chance at sainthood if he helped Great Shang defeat West Qi.
• Lu Ya returned to the demons, rewarded Canlong, Ghost Mountain, and Taoche with Dragon-Eye Elixirs, then led his followers to Chaoge to offer Great Shang an alliance.
• Di Xin accepted Lu Ya’s forces after Lu Ya presented a Primordial Nine-Turn Elixir and negotiated riches, then appointed him and his followers to official posts as West Qi gathered its forces.
• Guangchengzi entered Wa Huang Heaven seeking support against Lu Ya, killed Bifang when he resisted, and persuaded Phoenix Ancestor to bring the Phoenix Clan into the Great Zhou Divine Dynasty.
• As West Qi attacked neighboring states and Great Shang struggled to recruit Interception Sect aid, Guangchengzi rebuked Ji Chang for neglecting Jiang Ziya and the Investiture Altar.
• Ji Chang pulled Jiang Ziya’s carriage for more than eight hundred laps, and Jiang Ziya declared that Great Zhou’s fate was fixed at eight hundred years.
• Guangchengzi gathered Chan Sect leaders and proposed targeting the Interception Sect with a fabricated lost history promising a path to sainthood.
• The Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor protested that they had agreed only to oppose Shang Zhou, but Guangchengzi warned that they would be replaced if they refused to help deceive the Interception Sect.

Guangchengzi and the Four Extremities clans maneuvered to control West Qi, while Liu Yuan rescued Kong Xuan and forced the Qilin Old Ancestor to back down. Guangchengzi returned to reclaim leadership, set the Conquest of Zhou in motion, and Ji Chang assembled the allied armies for the campaign against Shang.

• Guangchengzi recruited the Four Extremities clans and planned to attack Shang Zhou, but Lu Ya ambushed him and trapped him inside the Divine Crow Gourd.
• Chijingzi persuaded Phoenix Ancestor and Qilin Old Ancestor that Guangchengzi intended to use them and their clans, and they agreed to cooperate with him instead.
• Qilin Old Ancestor seized the Divine Crow Gourd, Kong Xuan’s treasures, and his Golden Core, then took Kong Xuan captive and left Lu Ya stranded.
• Liu Yuan accompanied Lu Ya to West Qi, confronted Qilin Old Ancestor, and forced him to return Kong Xuan and the stolen treasures after Lin Xuan and other qilins gave up their lives.
• Liu Yuan brought Kong Xuan and Lu Ya to Golden Ao Island, freed Guangchengzi from the Divine Crow Gourd, and sent him back to West Qi to confront Chijingzi and Qilin Old Ancestor.
• Guangchengzi returned to West Qi, dismissed Qilin Old Ancestor and Phoenix Ancestor, ordered Ji Chang to begin the Conquest of Zhou, and reconciled with the Chan Sect disciples.
• Ji Chang assembled the feudal lords and their armies, took control of military command, and assigned Jiang Ziya three hundred thousand troops to attack Sishui Pass.

Guangchengzi gathered factions under his command while Daoist Duobao drew Interception Sect Quasi-Saints into an ancient spacetime fragment. The resulting confrontation at Golden Ao Island escalated into a massacre until Liu Yuan arrived and struck down the immortals who mocked him and his master.

• Guangchengzi took control of the Chan Sect gathering, assigned Randeng and other disciples to support Jiang Ziya, and compelled Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan to go to West Qi.
• Guangchengzi sent Juliusun, True Person Taiyi, and Daoist Tianzun to conspire with Daoist Duobao, then restored their cultivation and secured the Western Teachings’ submission to his plans.
• Juliusun and the other immortals tried to turn Daoist Duobao against Qingyuan, but Guangchengzi offered Duobao control of the Interception Sect and a path to sainthood, and Duobao accepted.
• Randeng blocked Interception Sect travelers from aiding Shang Zhou, fought Zhao Gongming, and escaped the Three Xiāo’s attack before Duobao rebuked Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiāo for defying the sect’s instructions.
• Daoist Duobao gathered Interception Sect Quasi-Saints and led them into an ancient spacetime fragment, where they broke its restriction and drew the attention of powerful factions across the Primordial Wilderness.
• Guangchengzi united the arriving factions into the Immortal Dao Alliance and led them to the fragment, where he demanded that Daoist Duobao share it and the Qilin Old Ancestor killed hundreds of Interception Sect disciples.
• Liu Yuan confronted the Qilin Old Ancestor and demanded that he kill himself, then killed Quasi-Saints and Grand Unity Golden Immortals who mocked him and his master.

After Qingyuan entered the collapsing secret realm, Daoist Duobao used the Qingping Sword to claim leadership and impose control over the Interception Sect. Meanwhile, Guangchengzi’s conflict with Daoist Randeng escalated until Randeng emerged as a Hunyuan Saint, leaving the confrontation with the Phoenix Ancestor unresolved.

• Liu Yuan killed the Qilin Old Ancestor and forced the invading factions to pay compensation and agree to leave the East Sea in peace.
• Qingyuan entered the secret realm with Liu Yuan after appointing Daoist Duobao Acting Deputy Sect Master and entrusting him with the Qingping Sword.
• The secret realm collapsed around Qingyuan, and Daoist Duobao claimed authority over the Interception Sect while its disciples demanded a search for their missing leader.
• Daoist Duobao arrested and punished protesting disciples, imposed strict rules, and faced growing disorder after Qingyuan’s disappearance also took the Internet’s core offline.
• Guangchengzi enlisted Daoist Duobao’s help with the Investiture of the Gods and used military law to condemn Yang Jian, prompting Yang Jiao and Daoist Randeng to intervene.
• After seeking help from Taibai Golden Star, Daoist Randeng took the Yang siblings and declared that he was leaving the Chan Sect to establish the Immortal Awakening Sect.
• Guangchengzi offered a Human Dao Saint Position for Randeng’s capture, and the Phoenix Ancestor attacked him as Taibai Golden Star arrived with the Heavenly Court’s restored Zhou Tian Star Dou Array.
• The Phoenix Ancestor’s attacks failed to kill Taibai Golden Star, and Daoist Randeng reappeared, revealed himself as a Hunyuan Saint, and faced her demand to continue fighting.