Recaps

Yang Jian brought True Lord Yuding to meet Primeval Lord of Heaven, who questioned him about the Jade Emperor’s schemes and examined the Pig Feed containing Great Dao Law Fragments. Yang Jian shared half the treasure with him for his disciples, leaving Primeval Lord of Heaven ecstatic after they departed.

• Yang Jian warned True Lord Yuding to keep the Pig Feed secret, then accompanied him to Kunlun Mountain to meet Primeval Lord of Heaven.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven questioned Yang Jian about the Jade Emperor, the Journey to the West, and other mysteries, but Yang Jian repeatedly answered that he did not know.
• Yang Jian explained that the treasure had helped him reach the Early Quasi-Saint realm and showed Primeval Lord of Heaven the Pig Feed.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven confirmed that the Pig Feed carried dense auras of Great Dao Laws, but pretended it was useless to him and declined Yang Jian’s offer to share it.
• Yang Jian offered half the Pig Feed for his fellow disciples, and Primeval Lord of Heaven accepted it on their behalf.
• After True Lord Yuding and Yang Jian left, Primeval Lord of Heaven concealed the palace with a formation and gleefully celebrated over his half-bucket of Pig Feed.

Primeval Lord of Heaven discovered that Zhang Yifan’s Pig Feed contained Fragments of Great Dao Laws, then bargained with Grand Pure Saint over sharing it. After the two saints drank some, Primeval Lord of Heaven asked Grand Pure Saint to reveal who Tongtian’s grandpa was.

• Primeval Lord of Heaven tasted the Pig Feed and realized it contained Fragments of Great Dao Laws that could help him advance.
• Grand Pure Saint arrived at Jade Void Palace and offered to reveal the identities of two hidden saints in exchange for seeing Primeval Lord of Heaven’s treasure.
• Grand Pure Saint told Primeval Lord of Heaven that Tongtian called the mysterious figure Grandpa, leaving Primeval Lord of Heaven stunned.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven showed Grand Pure Saint the Pig Feed, and Grand Pure Saint recognized its Great Dao Laws and demanded a share.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven and Grand Pure Saint argued over portions, with Grand Pure Saint taking a huge bowl and Primeval Lord of Heaven settling the remaining debt with two tiny bowls.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven and Grand Pure Saint drank the Pig Feed together, and Primeval Lord of Heaven then asked who Tongtian’s grandpa was.

Zhang Yifan wandered into Fengdu City and drank three bowls of Meng Xiaojiu’s memory-erasing soup without being affected. After he brewed a pot himself, ghosts who drank it became Ghost Immortals, and Meng Xiaojiu fled to report the disturbance to the King of Hell.

• Grand Pure Saint dodged Primeval Lord of Heaven’s questions about Sect Master Tongtian’s grandfather, leaving Primeval Lord of Heaven frustrated but considering a visit to Tongtian.
• Zhang Yifan and Big Black Dog found Fengdu City on their evening walk and approached the Bridge of Helplessness, where Meng Xiaojiu served Meng Po’s Soup.
• Zhang Yifan drank three bowls of Meng Xiaojiu’s soup without losing his memory and criticized its taste.
• At Meng Xiaojiu’s challenge, Zhang Yifan brewed a pot of soup using her recipe and ingredients, then left while she was distracted.
• Ghosts who drank Zhang Yifan’s soup became Ghost Immortals, triggering a rush at the bridge and prompting Meng Xiaojiu to flee with the pot and seek the King of Hell.

Zhang Yifan entered the Hall of the King of Hell thinking it was a tourist attraction, but his casual pressure caused the Book of Life and Death to raise his recorded lifespan until it burned itself up. King Qin Guang begged him to retract his divine powers, while Empress Pingxin sensed both great misfortune and great fortune.

• Zhang Yifan wandered into the Hall of the King of Hell and treated its court and Ghost Messengers like a staged attraction.
• King Qin Guang checked the Book of Life and Death and found Zhang Yifan's lifespan first listed as fifty-eight years, then ninety-eight years after Zhang Yifan released Great Dao Pressure.
• The Book of Life and Death kept increasing Zhang Yifan's lifespan until it reached its limit of 999.9 billion years, then its Artifact Spirit died and the book caught fire.
• King Qin Guang fell in fright, then bowed to Zhang Yifan and begged him to retract his divine powers.
• Meng Xiaojiu rushed into the hall, saw King Qin Guang pleading before Zhang Yifan, and reacted in disbelief.
• Empress Pingxin opened her eyes and wondered why omens of great misfortune and great fortune had appeared at the same time.

Meng Xiaojiu reported Zhang Yifan’s strange feats to Houtu after his cooking turned Meng Po’s Soup into an immortal elixir. The chapter ended with Houtu learning that the Book of Life and Death had spontaneously combusted and demanding the full account.

• King Qin Guang told Meng Xiaojiu to report Zhang Yifan and the Book of Life and Death to Houtu and the Jade Emperor.
• Meng Xiaojiu told Houtu that Zhang Yifan had resisted three bowls of Meng Po’s Soup and that his version had turned two wandering ghosts into immortals.
• Houtu examined the ghosts and confirmed they were peak Human Immortals, then ordered them to serve in the underworld and sealed their memories of the incident.
• Meng Xiaojiu recreated Zhang Yifan’s method, and Houtu confirmed that her soup had gained the effects of an immortal elixir.
• Meng Xiaojiu told Houtu that the Book of Life and Death had spontaneously combusted, and Houtu demanded a detailed account.

Houtu investigated Zhang Yifan after learning that Meng Po's Soup had become an immortal pill and the Book of Life and Death had burned up after failing to satisfy his demand for a longer lifespan. When Meng Xiaojiu reported Zhang Yifan's visit to the Heavenly Court, the Jade Emperor revealed that Zhang Yifan was his father and rallied powerful allies to rush to the underworld.

• Houtu ordered Meng Xiaojiu to keep the Book of Life and Death's combustion and Meng Po's Soup's transformation secret, then went to the Hall of the King of Hell to meet Zhang Yifan.
• Houtu failed to read Zhang Yifan's power and discovered that his Big Black Dog could block her Saint divine sense, while Zhang Yifan insisted he was just an old farmer.
• Meng Xiaojiu arrived at Lingxiao Palace to report Zhang Yifan's visit, and the Jade Emperor erupted when he heard his father's name.
• The Jade Emperor gathered celestial gods and told the Queen Mother that Zhang Yifan had gone to hell, prompting them to lead forces toward the underworld.
• Sect Master Tongtian, Yang Jian, Nuwa, and their allies also learned Zhang Yifan was in the underworld and hurried there.

Yang Jian, the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, and Sect Master Tongtian rushed to the Hall of the King of Hell, each believing King Qin Guang had harmed Zhang Yifan. They discovered Zhang Yifan was safe and treated him as family, leaving Houtu and King Qin Guang stunned by his influence.

• Yang Jian kicked in the hall doors, but stopped his attack on King Qin Guang when he found Zhang Yifan safe and called him Grandpa.
• The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother arrived, revealed their concern that King Qin Guang had kidnapped Zhang Yifan, and the Jade Emperor called Zhang Yifan Dad.
• Zhang Yifan reassured them that King Qin Guang was a decent person, while the Jade Emperor warned King Qin Guang he would settle accounts with him later.
• Sect Master Tongtian arrived with the Three Xiaos and Zhao Gongming, demanding King Qin Guang's death, then hurried to check on Zhang Yifan and called him Grandpa.
• Zhang Yifan scolded Tongtian for smashing the hall's roof and knocked him on the head, leaving Tongtian squatting beside the Jade Emperor as Houtu and King Qin Guang watched in shock.

After a misunderstanding brought the Jade Emperor and others to the Hall of the King of Hell, Zhang Yifan cleared things up with King Qin Guang and invited Houtu and Qin Guang to dinner the next day. Houtu eagerly accepted, while Meng Xiaojiu returned to find the group gone and Qin Guang angry with her.

• Zhang Yifan knocked Sect Master Tongtian on the head, and Houtu realized she believed he was the mysterious powerhouse behind the black shadow that had attacked Mount Spirit.
• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, and Zhao Gongming explained that Sect Master Tongtian had rushed to protect Zhang Yifan, and the group traced the rumor about Qin Guang wanting to harm him to the Jade Emperor's hasty interpretation of Meng Xiaojiu's message.
• Qin Guang protested that he had been misunderstood, and the Jade Emperor realized he had arrived before hearing Meng Xiaojiu's full report.
• Zhang Yifan scolded the Jade Emperor, apologized to Houtu for the damaged hall, and invited Houtu and Qin Guang to dinner the next day; the others eagerly asked to attend too.
• Houtu escorted Zhang Yifan and the others out of Fengdu City, then restored the Hall of the King of Hell after they left.
• Meng Xiaojiu returned and asked whether the Jade Emperor had arrived, and Qin Guang angrily confronted her while she pleaded with Houtu to defend her.

Meng Xiaojiu returned to the Netherworld after the crisis had passed, and Houtu revealed that the incident had uncovered a connection to Zhang Yifan. Nuwa arrived, called Zhang Yifan her ancestor, blamed Hongjun for the Witch-Demon Calamity, and persuaded Houtu to form an alliance against the Jade Emperor’s unknown scheme.

• King Qin Guang scolded Meng Xiaojiu for nearly causing the Netherworld’s destruction, but Houtu said the incident had revealed an opportunity and ordered everyone to keep it secret.
• Nuwa appeared in the Netherworld and told Houtu that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had masterminded the Witch-Demon Calamity.
• Nuwa identified Zhang Yifan as her ancestor and said Houtu could ask him about Hongjun’s Heaven Sealing Plan at the banquet the next day.
• Nuwa revealed that she had dealt with Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and sent Meng Xiaojiu and King Qin Guang away before discussing an alliance with Houtu.
• Nuwa warned that the Jade Emperor was plotting something significant, and Houtu agreed to ally with her to guard against his scheme.

Zhang Yifan hosted a feast for Houtu, but the gathering turned into a bewildering contest over Nuwa’s place in the courtyard’s seniority. Houtu finally toasted Zhang Yifan, then realized the wine was unusual.

• Yang Jian, the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, Tongtian, and their companions brought food to Zhang Yifan’s feast.
• Houtu arrived with King Qin Guang, Meng Xiaojiu, and Nuwa, and Zhang Yifan welcomed them after Meng Xiaojiu apologized for the earlier incident.
• Houtu lost her cultivation when she entered the courtyard and suspected the gathering might be a show of force.
• Yang Jian and the others teased Nuwa about calling them her grandparents, and Nuwa challenged Yang Jian to make Houtu call him Grandpa too.
• Zhang Yifan stopped the teasing and toasted Houtu, who drank her wine and realized something was wrong with it.

At Zhang Yifan’s feast, Houtu discovered that his wine, food, and tea contained precious Great Dao insights, and gratefully accepted gifts of wine and tea. Zhang Yifan then explained Hongjun’s Heaven Sealing Plan, leaving Houtu devastated by the truth about the Witch-Demon Calamity before she asked him what he thought of her.

• Houtu, Meng Xiaojiu, and King Qin Guang drank Zhang Yifan’s wine and gained Great Dao Law fragments, while Meng Xiaojiu broke through to the late Heavenly Immortal realm.
• Zhang Yifan offered Houtu two jars of his wine, and Houtu eagerly ate his dishes after realizing they too contained Great Dao Law fragments.
• After the feast, Houtu recognized Zhang Yifan’s tea as Enlightenment Tea and accepted a packet of leaves from him.
• Houtu asked about Hongjun’s Heaven Sealing Plan, and Zhang Yifan explained how Hongjun had engineered the calamities and thwarted Pangu’s return.
• Houtu grieved over the fate of the Twelve Ancestral Witches and asked Zhang Yifan what he thought of her, drawing the attention of the other guests.

At dinner, Houtu and the others reacted to Zhang Yifan’s claim that his wife had left for another world, while his guests inferred that worlds beyond the Primordial Continent existed. The chapter ended with the Jade Emperor again asking Zhang Yifan what he thought of Houtu.

• The Seventh Fairy teased Zhang Yifan about marrying Houtu, and Zhang Yifan rejected the idea, saying his wife was still alive.
• The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother panicked that Zhang Yifan’s wife might return and expose their fake family ties.
• Zhang Yifan blurted out that his wife had gone to another world to become a Great Emperor, then tried to cover his words with an explanation about her traveling.
• Houtu, Nuwa, and the others inferred that other worlds existed, while the Jade Emperor was relieved his mother was far away.
• Houtu resolved to become Zhang Yifan’s second wife, and Nuwa considered sneaking into his bed.
• The Jade Emperor praised his mother’s strength after Zhang Yifan smacked him, then asked Zhang Yifan again what he thought of Houtu.

Zhang Yifan described Houtu’s grief over losing her family and her sacrifice to create the Six Paths of Reincarnation, making her feel deeply understood. He revealed that she might one day see her family again through Great Dao Reincarnation, but said Dao Ancestor Hongjun made that impossible.

• The Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, and others praised Houtu’s compassion, while Sect Master Tongtian wondered aloud whether she was useless.
• Zhang Yifan called Houtu pitiful and explained that she had buried her grief after choosing to become the Six Paths of Reincarnation instead of dying alongside her family.
• Houtu confirmed that she had considered giving up her position so she could die and reunite with her family, then toasted Zhang Yifan for understanding her.
• Zhang Yifan said Houtu might evolve the Six Paths into Great Dao Reincarnation and see her family in the river of time, though they could not reunite in the present.
• When Houtu asked how to achieve that evolution, Zhang Yifan said there was no chance because of Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

Nuwa and Houtu sneaked into Zhang Yifan’s bed on the same night, each hoping to get closer to him, but discovered one another and agreed to compete fairly. The next morning, Nuwa questioned Zhang Yifan about the night, and he showed no sign of knowing what had happened.

• Nuwa secretly entered Zhang Yifan’s bed and tried to touch him, but Houtu slipped in and reached for him too.
• Nuwa grabbed Houtu’s hand, and the two women fought quietly under the blanket before recognizing each other.
• Nuwa and Houtu argued about their matching intentions, then agreed to compete fairly and returned to their rooms.
• Dragon Ancestor Big Goldfish and Old Ancestor Qilin watched the encounter and speculated that Zhang Yifan would remain devoted to Mistress.
• The next morning, Nuwa asked Zhang Yifan whether anything had happened in his room, and he replied that he did not know what she meant.

The Jade Emperor recruited Saint Houtu as an ally by promising to help her achieve Great Dao Reincarnation, and she agreed while declaring her intention to become Zhang Yifan’s second wife. As Houtu asked how they would answer Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s order to restart the Journey to the West Tribulation, the Jade Emperor revealed that Zhang Yifan had proposed a secret Heaven Shattering Plan.

• Nuwa asked Zhang Yifan about the previous night, but he looked puzzled and she left the matter alone.
• The Jade Emperor told Saint Houtu he could help evolve the Six Paths of Reincarnation by opposing Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, and promised her the position of a Great Dao Saint after the Primordial Era World’s Status Advancement.
• Houtu agreed to support the Jade Emperor, but said she also wanted to become Zhang Yifan’s second wife; the Jade Emperor objected but accepted her as an ally.
• Houtu told the Jade Emperor that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had ordered the Journey to the West Tribulation restarted and that Tathagata Buddha had disappeared.
• The Jade Emperor said there was no need to stop the tribulation’s restart because he had a way to counter Hongjun, then named Zhang Yifan’s secret strategy the Heaven Shattering Plan.

Zhunti and Jieyin raised Guanyin to the Quasi-Saint Peak and gave her Hongjun’s decree and the God Beating Whip so she could resume the Journey to the West mission. At the South Heaven Gate, Yuan Hong enforced the Jade Emperor’s entry rules and stood unfazed as Guanyin tried to intimidate him with her new strength.

• Zhunti assigned Guanyin to oversee the resumed Journey to the West Tribulation and promised to empower her with Jieyin.
• Zhunti gave Guanyin Hongjun’s decree and the God Beating Whip, then he and Jieyin raised her cultivation to the Quasi-Saint Peak over several months.
• Guanyin headed for the Heavenly Realm, while the Jade Emperor placed Yuan Hong in command of the South Heaven Gate guards.
• Yuan Hong stopped Guanyin from entering on her cloud and reminded her that Taibai Jinxing had slapped her in Lingxiao Palace.
• Guanyin invoked Hongjun’s decree and boasted of her Quasi-Saint Peak cultivation, but Yuan Hong insisted she follow the Jade Emperor’s rules and resisted her pressure.

Yuan Hong blocked Guanyin at the South Heaven Gate and enforced the Jade Emperor’s humiliating entry rules while she tried to preserve the Journey to the West negotiations. After tasting Yuan Hong’s Enlightenment Tea, Guanyin suspected the Jade Emperor had set a trap, leaving her uncertain what to do next.

• Yuan Hong dismissed Guanyin’s Quasi-Saint Peak cultivation and revealed that he was a mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal, warning that attacking him would make the Heavenly Court an enemy of the Journey to the West mission.
• Yuan Hong presented the Jade Emperor’s edict barring Guanyin from the main gate and requiring her to enter through a side entrance or face beheading.
• Guanyin rejected the humiliating gates, tore up the edict, and hesitated between forcing her way in and risking the negotiations or accepting the insult.
• Yuan Hong sat down to brew tea with the heavenly soldiers while Guanyin weighed her options, and its fragrance drew her over.
• Guanyin tasted Yuan Hong’s Enlightenment Tea and realized it was genuine; after he said the Jade Emperor had bestowed it, she suspected the tea and the encounter were part of a trap.

Guanyin visited the Heavenly Court to discuss restarting the Journey to the West, but the Jade Emperor repeatedly humiliated her and forced her to surrender her Jade Bottle. She left in fury after he made the treasure a golden retriever’s piss pot.

• Guanyin entered the Heavenly Court through a small wooden gate and arrived at Lingxiao Palace, where the Jade Emperor was handling court affairs.
• The Jade Emperor appointed Lord of Fire Li Er to expel dismissed immortals and rewarded him with ten top-grade Peaches of Immortality and one jin of Enlightenment Tea.
• Guanyin told the Jade Emperor that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had ordered the Journey to the West restarted, and the Jade Emperor agreed at once.
• When the Jade Emperor stopped Guanyin from leaving, she boasted of her Quasi-Saint Peak cultivation and God Beating Whip, but the Jade Emperor and the gods laughed at her.
• The Jade Emperor threatened the pilgrimage party unless Guanyin surrendered her Jade Bottle, and she handed it over.
• The Jade Emperor gave the Jade Bottle to Wangcai as a piss pot, and Guanyin spat blood before leaving in fury.

Li Er began the Jade Emperor’s order to drive the Heavenly Court’s gods away by targeting Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing first. He smashed the gates of Li Jing’s mansion, killed a servant, and faced a troop of armed Heavenly Soldiers while invoking the Jade Emperor’s decree.

• Li Er told the gods he planned to use force before courtesy and privately concluded that a powerful backer stood behind the Jade Emperor.
• After half a month of waiting, Li Er went to Li Jing’s mansion with the Jade Emperor’s Sword and decree to order Li Jing’s household out of the Heavenly Court.
• A servant insulted Li Er, rejected the decree, and slammed the gates in his face.
• Li Er declared the servant guilty of defying the Jade Emperor, destroyed the mansion gates, killed him, and captured his primordial spirit.
• Heavenly Soldiers surrounded Li Er, who raised the decree and warned them not to attack the Jade Emperor’s imperial envoy.

Li Er used the Jade Emperor’s edict and sword to force his way into Li Jing’s mansion, where he provoked Li Jing despite facing a blade at his throat. The chapter ended with Li Jing raising his sword to kill Li Er after Li Er insulted him, while Minghe resolved to recruit Li Er if his soul survived.

• Li Er smashed into Li Jing’s mansion, killed a servant who obstructed the edict, and dared the surrounding soldiers to stop him.
• Li Er took Li Jing’s throne and demanded the mansion’s best tea, invoking the Jade Emperor’s authority to make the servants obey.
• Li Jing confronted Li Er and pressed his sword into Li Er’s neck, but stopped short of killing him as Li Er defended the Jade Emperor’s authority.
• Li Er called himself a self-made hero and mocked Li Jing as a coward who feared Nezha, prompting Minghe to decide he wanted Li Er as an Asura marshal.
• Li Jing flew into a rage and raised his sword to strike Li Er.

Li Er delivered the Jade Emperor’s edict stripping Li Jing, Nezha, and Mu Zha of their posts and ordering them to leave the Heavenly Court, pushing Li Jing and his sons toward rebellion. Nezha guessed Li Er had a second option, and the chapter ended as he realized the Enlightenment Tea might be part of it.

• Li Jing tried to strike Li Er, but Nezha returned with Jin Zha and Mu Zha and stopped him.
• Li Er proclaimed the Jade Emperor’s edict, ordering Li Jing to surrender his seal and Tiger Tally and all three men to withdraw from the Heavenly Court within seven days.
• Li Er explained that Jin Zha was spared because he had missed court, prompting Li Jing, Jin Zha, and Mu Zha to ready their weapons and threaten rebellion.
• Nezha stopped the confrontation, sat with Li Er, and coaxed him into revealing a supposed second path.
• Li Er brewed the Jade Emperor’s Enlightenment Tea, shocking Nezha and the watching gods, then asked whether Nezha wanted some.
• Nezha realized the tea was connected to Li Er’s second path.

Li Er offered Li Jing and his sons one jin of Enlightenment Tea each if they swore loyalty to the Jade Emperor, then argued that serving the Heavenly Court was their duty rather than a betrayal of their masters. Nezha stopped Li Jing from refusing and asked for two days to answer, while the Four Heavenly Masters headed to Eight Sceneries Palace for guidance.

• Li Er offered Li Jing, Nezha, Jin Zha, and Mu Zha one jin of Enlightenment Tea each in exchange for their loyalty to the Jade Emperor.
• Li Er countered Li Jing's objection by arguing that Heavenly Court officials owed loyalty to the Jade Emperor and that their elders had themselves joined the Western Teachings.
• Nezha stuffed a Peach of Immortality into Li Jing's mouth to stop him refusing, then told Li Er they would give him an answer in two days.
• Li Er invited Nezha to a Joyful Night Banquet in three days, and Nezha accepted before Li Er left.
• Nezha told Li Jing he was preserving the Li family's bloodline and vanished, leaving Li Jing furious.
• The Four Heavenly Masters decided to seek Grand Pure Saint's judgment and traveled to Eight Sceneries Palace, where a young attendant was waiting.

The Grand Pure Saint revealed his hidden Taiqing World to Grand Master Xuandu and used Pig Feed containing Great Dao fragments to strengthen its laws, preparing to contend for supremacy in the Primordial World. Meanwhile, Li Jing remained troubled over Nezha when an unexpected visitor appeared before him.

• The Four Heavenly Masters visited the Grand Pure Saint, who told them the Daoist Teachings had their own destiny and secretly warned Master Zhang that Master Yuan's killing tribulation was approaching.
• The Grand Pure Saint entered the Taiqing World within the Taiji Diagram and showed Grand Master Xuandu its inhabitants, law pillars, and the developing Way of the Butterfly Dream.
• The Grand Pure Saint told Grand Master Xuandu about upheavals on the Primordial Continent and revealed that Pig Feed from Yuanshi contained Great Dao Law fragments.
• The Grand Pure Saint dispersed the Pig Feed's energy among the law pillars, completing one pillar, and declared that he intended to become the chess player in the contest for the Primordial World.
• Imperial Envoy Li Er gained fame after challenging Li Jing at his residence, while Li Jing continued to worry about silencing Nezha.
• A mysterious person appeared before Li Jing and asked why his martial nephew was sighing.

Guanyin tried to recruit Li Jing into the Western Teachings, and Li Jing agreed to visit Spirit Mountain. At Li Er’s Joyful Night Banquet, he staged a brutal execution before revealing the Jade Emperor’s offer and arguing that the Heavenly Court’s gods were replaceable, while Master Yuan raised the threat of the Western Teachings taking them in.

• Guanyin offered Li Jing a high position in the Western Teachings, and he agreed to accompany her to Spirit Mountain.
• Li Er welcomed the Heavenly Court’s gods to his banquet and had Li Jing’s servant’s primordial spirit carved apart before them.
• Li Er told the frightened guests that they could stay in the Heavenly Court if they swore loyalty to the Jade Emperor.
• Li Er argued that the Jade Emperor wanted the old gods to leave because he could train loyal replacements and fill their positions.
• Master Yuan suggested that the Western Teachings might take in the departing gods, drawing a sharp reaction from Li Er and the Seventh Fairy.

At the Joyful Night Banquet, Yuan the Celestial Master urged the gods to defect to the Western Teachings, but Yunxiao and the Seventh Fairy disrupted his scheme. The Seventh Fairy revealed the Jade Emperor’s decree ordering Yuan’s execution, and heavenly forces moved to seize him.

• Yuan the Celestial Master claimed the Western Teachings would soon have three Saints and persuaded Wenzhong and other gods to consider defecting.
• Yunxiao arrived, struck Wenzhong with a brick, and ordered the Jie Teachings gods to remain in the Heavenly Court.
• Yunxiao accepted the Seventh Fairy as her aunt, astonishing the gathered gods with their apparent family connection.
• Li Er openly urged Yuan the Celestial Master and the other gods to leave, but Master Yuan persuaded more than twenty gods to join him.
• The Seventh Fairy read the Jade Emperor’s decree accusing Master Yuan of conspiring with South Sea Guanyin and Yuan Shoucheng in Jinghe Dragon King’s murder, and ordered his arrest and execution.
• Master Yuan tried to flee as Yunxiao ordered Wenzhong and the Jie Teachings gods to attack him.