Recaps

Emperor Yu founded Great Xia and used its National Fortune to free the Human Race from the Saints’ control, prompting the Saints to plot against it. Centuries later, Ji Fengming rose through Great Xia’s ranks and began cultivating at astonishing speed, leaving Xuandu to take him as a disciple with Saint Taiqing’s permission.

• Emperor Yu used the Chan Sect Immortals to pacify the East Sea Coast, established the Nine Provinces Cauldron, and founded Great Xia with hereditary succession.
• Great Xia’s National Destiny Golden Dragon resisted Saint Taiqing’s attack and drained his Fortune Aura, while the Chan Sect Immortals learned that their slaughter had brought them Karma and Red Dust Tribulation.
• Saint Taiqing’s assembly of Saints blamed the Chan Sect for helping Emperor Yu, and Daoist Zhunti proposed using conflict between the Human Race and Heavenly Court to weaken Great Xia.
• Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin prepared Haotian’s divided True Spirit with false memories, then sent it into reincarnation through King Ksitigarbha, but Qingyuan intercepted it and infused it with the Human Dao Mandate.
• Ji Fengming was born amid auspicious signs, endured hardship, and built influence among common people before joining Great Xia’s officialdom and meeting Xuandu.
• Ji Fengming became Commandery Governor of Shangtang, transformed the commandery through political and economic reforms, and was promoted by Emperor Yu to Governor of Qing Province.
• After reading the Nine Revolutions Primordial Art, Ji Fengming became an immortal and rapidly advanced through successive tribulations, astonishing the Human Race experts and Xuandu.
• Xuandu halted Ji Fengming’s advance and sought to take him as a Personal Disciple, and Taiqing approved but warned Xuandu to keep Ji Fengming from turning against the Human Sect.

Ji Fengming’s reforms brought Great Xia into conflict with the Heavenly Court, while the struggle over the Investiture List drove the Saints toward a new tribulation. The arc ended with Xing Tian breaking Zhunti’s Golden Body as blood-colored tendrils entered his arm.

• Great Master Xuandu accepted Ji Fengming as his Personal Disciple, and Ji Fengming industrialized the Nine Provinces before clashing with Yang Jiao over Great Xia’s restrictions on immortals.
• Emperor Yu surrendered his position as Human Emperor and left for Huoyun Cave, while Ji Fengming returned to the Human Sect and the Nine Provinces later fell into war and decline.
• Hongjun summoned the Saints to fill the Heavenly Court’s vacant posts, and the dispute over the Investiture List escalated into a conflict between Yuanshi and Tongtian.
• Tongtian rallied the Interception Sect’s disciples, while Hongjun ordered the Saints to help overthrow Shang and involve the Interception Sect in the coming tribulation.
• A black-robed expert strengthened Chi You’s weapon and gave Xing Tian tools to advance his Dao of Slaughter, prompting the Witch Clan to prepare for war.
• Zhunti confronted Xing Tian in the Western Land after the Witch Clan demanded repayment of the Western Teachings’ debt, then trapped him in his Golden Body.
• Xing Tian broke free and destroyed Zhunti’s Golden Body, while blood-colored tendrils from the Pangu Temple burrowed into his left arm.

Xing Tian’s war with the Western Sages ended after Hongjun intervened, while Haotian’s plans and the coming trials for the Heavenly Emperor position came into focus. Venerable Yuanshi sent Jiang Shang down the mountain with the Investiture List, and mistrust between Jiang Shang and Shen Gongbao grew as Jiang Shang struggled to reach Chaoge.

• Xing Tian killed Daoist Zhunti and Daoist Jieyin, then fought Venerable Yuanshi until Hongjun bound him and ordered him to stop.
• Jieyin severed ties with Zhunti and vowed that the Western Teachings would withdraw from eastern affairs, while Haotian rejected Yuanshi’s request to protect the Chan Sect disciples from the calamity.
• Venerable Yuanshi refined Ling Zhuzi into a bead, then revealed to the Chan Sect Core Disciples that Jiang Shang was tied to the coming calamity and would preside over the Investiture List.
• Qingyuan told Haotian that Ji Fengming had reincarnated as Zhang Youren and that Haotian’s method would lead to 1,750 tribulations.
• Di Xin strengthened Great Shang as Venerable Yuanshi declared Jiang Shang’s immortal destiny over, gave him the Investiture List, and sent him down the mountain.
• True Person Huanglong persuaded Shen Gongbao that Jiang Shang had betrayed him, while True Person Taiyi convinced Jiang Shang that Shen Gongbao had tried to steal the list.
• Jiang Shang was arrested in Great Shang, faced execution at Jiameng Pass, and was released after Mo Lihong’s master stopped True Person Taiyi from killing him.
• Jiang Shang left Jiameng Pass for Chaoge and marveled that mortals could ride an airplane.

Di Xin strengthened Great Shang’s army and prepared to seize control of the feudal states as rebellion spread across the realm. Jiang Ziya took command of the southern campaign, where E Chongyu died and E Shun assumed control of the rebel army.

• Jiang Shang arrived in Chaoge, failed at several jobs and businesses, and married Lady Ma with help from Song Yiren.
• Di Xin rejected pressure to worship Nuwa, faced disasters and rumors blaming him, then demanded that the four Great Marquises submit to his plan to unite the realm.
• Ji Chang fled to West Qi, while the Nine-Tailed Fox possessed Su Daji on the road to Chaoge.
• Di Xin strengthened his army, armed three thousand elite soldiers with spiritual treasures and elixirs, and sought cooperation with the Heavenly Court, but Haotian refused.
• Jiang Shang gave Di Xin a talisman to expose the demon near him, but Su Daji drank the mixture without revealing her true form.
• After the feudal lords departed and rebellions spread, Di Xin named Jiang Shang Grand Marshal of the Southern Campaign against E Chongyu.
• Jiang Shang reached Three Mountains Pass and, despite Venerable Yuanshi refusing to help, joined Deng Jiugong in defending the pass against E Chongyu’s army.
• After E Chongyu died in camp, E Shun killed lords who considered retreat and took command of the rebel army, while Akasagarbha advised him to seek a Hunyuan Saint.