Recaps

Yunxiao and the Heavenly Court executed Master Yuan and the gods who tried to defect to the Western Teachings, while Qilin Old Ancestor intercepted Li Jing’s army and killed Li Jing and his sons. The Jade Emperor’s ruthless plan became clear to the shaken gods, and Saints Zhunti and Jieyin set out to pursue Qilin Old Ancestor.

• Seventh Fairy ordered the execution of rebels, and Yunxiao killed Master Yuan with a single strike before the Jie Teachings gods executed more than twenty defectors.
• Nezha feared for Li Jing as Li Jing led Jin Zha, Mu Zha, and a million heavenly soldiers toward Mount Ling to join the Western Teachings.
• Qilin Old Ancestor stopped Li Jing’s army, killed Li Jing and tens of thousands of soldiers, and reincarnated Li Jing, Jin Zha, and Mu Zha as puppies.
• Qilin Old Ancestor sent the three severed heads back to the banquet, where Nezha mourned and Li Er realized the Jade Emperor had used him to expose traitors.
• Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin pursued Qilin Old Ancestor after learning he had killed Li Jing and his sons.

Old Ancestor Qilin killed Li Jing and his sons before the Western Sages could save them, and Nezha chose to submit to the Jade Emperor in exchange for his father's divine office and residence. The other gods pledged their loyalty as the Jade Emperor unified power in the Heavenly Court.

• Old Ancestor Qilin and the Dragon Ancestor concealed the heavenly secrets as Old Ancestor Qilin killed Li Jing and his sons, whose primordial spirits were sent to the Animal Realm.
• Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin failed to rescue Li Jing's group, while the Jade Emperor dismissed their anger and celebrated the defeat of the rebellion.
• Nezha mourned Li Jing and his brothers, then asked the Jade Emperor to inherit his father's office and keep the family residence in return for his submission.
• The Jade Emperor abolished the Grand Marshal of the Armies office and appointed Nezha as Loyal King of the Heavenly Court, commanding the remaining Li family soldiers.
• Master Zhang, Ge Hong, and the other gods, including Wenzhong and the Jie Teachings gods, pledged loyalty to the Jade Emperor and accepted demotions and withheld salaries.
• The Jade Emperor celebrated his newly unified power with the Queen Mother, who agreed to spend the night with him.

After the Joyful Night Banquet, Yunxiao accompanied Wenzhong and the other Jie Teachings gods to visit Golden Spirit Holy Mother, who was furious about their pledge of loyalty to the Jade Emperor. The Seventh Fairy claimed an aunt-nephew relationship with Golden Spirit Holy Mother, and Yunxiao backed her up with shocking claims about Sect Master Tongtian and Saint Nuwa, leaving Golden Spirit Holy Mother stunned and amused by the implications.

• Golden Spirit Holy Mother summoned Wenzhong and the other Jie Teachings gods to explain why they had pledged loyalty to the Jade Emperor.
• Wenzhong and the others begged Yunxiao to accompany them, and she agreed after the Seventh Fairy offered to go too.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother blocked the Seventh Fairy from entering her residence, but the Seventh Fairy embraced her and called her a niece.
• The Seventh Fairy explained that she called Yunxiao her niece because of Sect Master Tongtian, and Yunxiao confirmed that the Seventh Fairy called him Brother Tong.
• The Seventh Fairy claimed Saint Nuwa called her Seventh Grandma, and Yunxiao confirmed the claim, leaving Golden Spirit Holy Mother stunned before she began relishing the prospect of calling Nuwa her niece.

The Seventh Fairy delivered Sect Master Tongtian’s decree, persuading Golden Spirit Holy Mother and the Jie Teachings gods to remain loyal to the Heavenly Court. After they received the Jade Emperor’s rice and discovered it contained fragments of Great Dao Laws, Golden Spirit Holy Mother thanked him and accepted their allegiance.

• The Seventh Fairy gave Golden Spirit Holy Mother Sect Master Tongtian’s decree, which confirmed Yunxiao’s relationship to the Seventh Fairy and directed the Jie Teachings gods to submit to the Jade Emperor.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother and the other Jie Teachings gods pledged to serve the Heavenly Court after learning their continued service was a heaven-sent opportunity.
• The Seventh Fairy rewarded the gods with thirty jin of Enlightenment Tea and three buckets of rice, which Yunxiao warned them to eat before entering seclusion and keep secret.
• Wenzhong and another god tasted the rice, discovered it contained fragments of Great Dao Laws, and hurried away to enter seclusion.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother tasted a separate bowl of rice, recognized its value, and asked the Seventh Fairy to convey the gods’ gratitude to the Jade Emperor.

After purging the Heavenly Court and consolidating his authority, the Jade Emperor brought Li Er to meet Zhang Yifan, where Li Er discovered that even Saints and emperors treated Zhang Yifan as family. Zhang Yifan casually considered hiring attendants, and the Jade Emperor, Sect Master Tongtian, Yang Jian, and Nuwa immediately competed for the chance to arrange the positions.

• The Jade Emperor dismissed or punished more than a million Heavenly Court personnel, reshuffled its power structure, and made his authority absolute.
• The Jade Emperor praised Li Er and took him to the mortal realm, where Li Er met Sect Master Tongtian, Yang Jian, and the Jade Emperor's family at Zhang Yifan's courtyard.
• Li Er was shocked to hear the Jade Emperor call Zhang Yifan Dad and Sect Master Tongtian call him Grandpa, then watched Zhang Yifan scold them for visiting too often.
• Yunxiao described Li Er as Zhang Yifan's capable new subordinate, and Li Er knelt to greet Zhang Yifan as Grand Master.
• When Zhang Yifan mentioned hiring attendants, the Jade Emperor, Sect Master Tongtian, and Yang Jian competed to arrange them, while Nuwa arrived and offered to serve him herself.

Zhang Yifan scolded the Jade Emperor, Sect Master Tongtian, and Yang Jian for showing killing intent toward Nuwa, whom he considered family. After they apologized and calmed him down, he sent them to help with the household chores, leaving Howling Celestial Dog trembling with fear.

• Zhang Yifan struck the Jade Emperor, Sect Master Tongtian, and Yang Jian on the head after they argued over who would help with chores and showed killing intent toward Nuwa.
• The Queen Mother and the Seven Fairies tried to calm Zhang Yifan, while Yunxiao reassured Golden Spirit Holy Mother and Wenzhong.
• Zhang Yifan warned the three men never to show killing intent toward family, and they stood up to apologize.
• Nuwa soothed Zhang Yifan, and the Jade Emperor, Sect Master Tongtian, and Yang Jian claimed they had treated her well.
• Zhang Yifan ordered everyone to carry supplies into the kitchen and help prepare food, while Howling Celestial Dog trembled and Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog laughed at him.

Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog welcomed Yang Jian’s Howling Celestial Dog and showed him around Zhang Yifan’s courtyard, where even the seemingly ordinary animals were powerful beings. Howling Celestial Dog was left awed by the courtyard and resolved to follow Black Bro.

• Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog greeted Howling Celestial Dog, who insisted on calling him Black Bro instead of Black Master.
• Qilin Old Ancestor led Howling Celestial Dog past the roosters and nine Golden Crows, explaining their power and joking that the chickens might become Zhang Yifan’s New Year meal.
• Qilin Old Ancestor introduced Zhu Wanjie and Zhu Wudi, who pleaded with him to keep them from being slaughtered for the New Year.
• Howling Celestial Dog noticed the World-Destroying Millstone beneath the pigs, and Qilin Old Ancestor dismissed the world-destroying treasure as barely passable.
• After touring the courtyard and realizing how powerful its inhabitants were, Howling Celestial Dog decided to follow Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog.

After Zhang Yifan’s dinner improved their cultivation, the courtyard’s powerful guests competed for five servant recommendations by playing rock-paper-scissors. The contest left Old Ancestor Qilin, Dragon Ancestor, Nuwa, Seventh Fairy, and Howling Celestial Dog as the finalists.

• Zhang Yifan’s meal boosted Li Er to the late Golden Immortal realm, gave Wenzhong hope of reaching Quasi-Saint, and strengthened Golden Spirit Holy Mother.
• Jade Emperor, Old Ancestor Qilin, and Dragon Ancestor claimed four of the five servant spots, and Sect Master Tongtian proposed rock-paper-scissors to decide the rest.
• Jade Emperor insisted that everyone present could participate, and Yang Jian added Howling Celestial Dog to the contest.
• Several rounds eliminated Jade Emperor, Sect Master Tongtian, Yang Jian, and many others, while Howling Celestial Dog advanced to the final five.
• Yang Jian celebrated Howling Celestial Dog’s unlikely success, and Jade Emperor was relieved that Seventh Fairy had also reached the final.

The Jade Emperor dismissed fears that the Western Teachings’ growing power threatened him and revealed that he had devised a Heaven Shattering Plan to oppose Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s Heaven Sealing Plan. He left everyone eager to learn more after naming the plan’s first step: Manifesting Sainthood.

• Yang Jian proposed giving the attendant spot won by the Howling Celestial Dog to his sister, Yang Chan, but the Jade Emperor refused to release her from her confinement beneath Mount Hua.
• The Jade Emperor allowed Yang Jian, Tianyu, and the Seven Fairies to visit Yang Chan, and Yang Jian gratefully accepted.
• Nuwa warned that the Western Teachings had grown powerful as dismissed Heavenly Court officials joined them, but the Jade Emperor dismissed them as discarded trash.
• The Jade Emperor announced that he had a Heaven Shattering Plan, which he described as a countermeasure to Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s Heaven Sealing Plan.
• The Jade Emperor revealed that the plan had three steps and named the first one: Manifesting Sainthood.

The Jade Emperor revealed Zhang Yifan’s Heaven Shattering Plan and its first step, Manifesting Divinity, before the group agreed to bring servants for Zhang Yifan to choose. Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog then visited the East Sea Dragon Palace, where two Shrimp Soldiers mistook him for an ordinary dog and fled after he displayed his Dragon Might.

• Yang Jian and Li Er realized something about Manifesting Divinity, but the Jade Emperor stopped Yang Jian from explaining it in front of everyone.
• The group agreed to send selected servants to Zhang Yifan before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Zhang Yifan later chased his guests away for eating too much and disrupting his leisure.
• Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog entered the East Sea Dragon Palace and told the Shrimp Soldiers that he was the Dragon God and ancestor of the Dragon King.
• The Shrimp Soldiers laughed at Big Black Dog for claiming to be a dragon, then panicked when he revealed Dragon Might stronger than their Dragon King's.
• Big Black Dog took the Dragon King's throne, while the two Shrimp Soldiers fled to warn the Dragon Palace that a monster had broken in.

Old Ancestor Qilin entered the East Sea Dragon Palace to test the dragon race and confront Ao Guang. After using Ancestor Dragon’s might to make Ao Guang kneel, it revealed it was only a black dog, leaving Ao Guang furious and attacking.

• Old Ancestor Qilin arrived at the East Sea Dragon Palace and sat on the Dragon King’s throne.
• Crab General Xie Qianli attacked Old Ancestor Qilin, but its aura severely injured him.
• Ao Guang ordered the aquatic soldiers to leave and demanded to know why the black dog had come.
• Old Ancestor Qilin released Ancestor Dragon’s Dragon Might, forcing Ao Guang and the aquatic creatures to kneel and call it Ancestor.
• Ao Guang mistook Old Ancestor Qilin for an ancient dragon expert and begged it to teach the dragon race cultivation techniques.
• Old Ancestor Qilin said it was a dog and knew no dragon techniques, prompting Ao Guang to attack it in anger.

Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog gave Ao Guang Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood, raising his cultivation and dragon bloodline, and Ao Guang accepted him as the dragon race’s ancestor. Ao Guang summoned dragons from across the Four Seas to the East Sea Dragon Palace, where they found a greasy, prawn-eating Big Black Dog and hesitated to greet him.

• Ao Guang attacked Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog, who defeated him and infused him with Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood.
• Ao Guang’s bloodline evolved to the third generation, his body grew and gained seven claws, and he broke through to the Early Quasi-Saint realm.
• Ao Guang knelt to thank Big Black Dog and learned that Ancestor Dragon was supposedly his little brother.
• Big Black Dog ordered Ao Guang to summon the dragon race and asked him to prepare a grill and food.
• Ao Guang used the Sea Soul Conch to summon the Dragon Kings and other dragon descendants, then introduced Big Black Dog as their ancestor.
• Ao Shun, Ao Run, Ao Qin, and the other Dragon Kings stared at Big Black Dog and hesitated when Ao Guang told them to greet him.

Ao Guang summoned the dragon race to the East Sea Dragon Palace and insisted that the Big Black Dog on the throne was their Ancestor. After Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog revealed Dragon Ancestor Essence Blood and accepted the dragons’ reverence, it announced that it would choose a dragon to serve its master.

• Ao Guang urged the gathered Dragon Kings to recognize Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog as their Ancestor, but Ao Shun, Ao Run, and Ao Qin refused to believe him.
• Ao Guang released his Quasi-Saint pressure and Seven-Clawed Divine Dragon might, shocking the gathered dragons and revealing his advanced cultivation and bloodline.
• Ao Guang explained that the Ancestor had given him Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood, and Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog produced four drops to prove its connection to the Dragon Ancestor.
• The Four Sea Dragon Kings and more than a hundred thousand dragon descendants knelt to Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog, which repeatedly denied being their Ancestor before agreeing to play along.
• Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog announced that it would select the dragon race’s finest elite to serve its master, leaving the dragons stunned.

Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog asked the dragons to choose an elite to serve as his master’s attendant, but rejected West Sea Dragon King Ao Run and confronted him over how he had reported his son, the Little White Dragon, to the Heavenly Court. Ao Run trembled under the public accusation, with Big Black Dog leaving him no chance to respond before the chapter ended.

• Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog announced that he wanted an outstanding dragon to serve as his master’s attendant, stunning the dragons.
• Ao Run volunteered, but Big Black Dog said he was not qualified enough to serve.
• Big Black Dog brought up Ao Run’s treatment of his third son, the Little White Dragon, after the prince burned a pearl atop the palace.
• Big Black Dog condemned Ao Run for reporting the family matter to the Heavenly Court, which had the Little White Dragon flogged and sentenced to death.
• Ao Run and the other Dragon Kings lowered their heads as Big Black Dog demanded to know why Ao Run had nothing to say.

Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog exposed Ao Run’s secret alliance with Guanyin and the Western Teachings, which had secured places in the Journey to the West pilgrimage for Little White Dragon and Tuolong. Ao Run was killed, the West Sea dragon race lost its Dragon King and authority, and the other dragons were ordered to remain loyal to the Heavenly Court.

• Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog accused Ao Run of arranging Little White Dragon’s exile and Tuolong’s staged collision with the pilgrimage team.
• Ao Run confessed that he had acted to secure a future for his son, and Big Black Dog revealed that the West Sea dragon race had secretly defected to the Western Teachings.
• Big Black Dog ordered Ao Run to kill himself and warned that the Jade Emperor’s forces would execute his entire line if he fled.
• Ao Guang restrained Ao Run and beheaded him, destroying his primordial spirit.
• Big Black Dog cleared Mo Ang of knowledge of the plot, removed the West Sea Dragon King position, and ordered all dragons to obey the Heavenly Court.
• When Ao Guang asked how he knew the secret, Big Black Dog said that a saint knew everything with a single thought, astonishing the Dragon Kings.

Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog chose Ao Bing as one of Zhang Yifan’s personal attendants and gave her Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood after learning she wanted the strength to protect people from two demons. Ao Bing’s bloodline and cultivation advanced, and she left to slay the demons before returning.

• Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog chose Ao Bing, daughter of South Sea Dragon King Ao Qin, as a personal attendant for Zhang Yifan.
• Ao Bing asked for Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood so she could defeat two Golden Immortal demons who terrorized the people under her protection.
• Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog praised Ao Bing’s courage and gave her a drop of Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood.
• Ao Bing’s bloodline advanced to the third generation, and her cultivation rose from the middle stage of the Heavenly Immortal realm to the early stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
• Ao Bing departed to kill the two demons, while Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog planned to reorganize the dragon clan and noted that Saint Nuwa had also chosen her candidate.

Nuwa decided Kong Xuan was too vengeful to receive the servant opportunity and went to Huoyun Cave to offer it to her brother Fuxi and the other Human Emperors. The chapter ended as Nuwa led them inside to taste two treasures.

• Nuwa questioned Kong Xuan about fighting First Qilin and Ancestor Dragon, then decided his thirst for revenge made him unsuitable for Zhang Yifan's servant slot.
• Nuwa told Kong Xuan that Golden Winged Great Peng was dead and warned him not to seek revenge, ally with the Western Teachings, or make an enemy of the Jade Emperor.
• Nuwa left the Palace of the Snail and traveled to Huoyun Cave to visit Fuxi.
• Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan joked over a Go game before welcoming Nuwa and following her into the inner hall to taste her treasures.

Nuwa brought Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan Enlightenment Tea and bowls of food containing Fragments of Great Dao Laws. When the three refused to eat the precious food so Nuwa could use it to break through sainthood, she urged them to eat, saying her ancestor had plenty more, and Fuxi asked who this ancestor was.

• Nuwa led Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan into a protected hall and revealed a sack of tea and three bowls of rice.
• Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan recognized the tea as Enlightenment Tea and worried that Nuwa had taken it from Hongjun.
• Nuwa said someone had given her the tea, then dismissed Hongjun as an old bastard.
• Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan tasted the food and discovered it contained Fragments of Great Dao Laws.
• The three refused to keep eating, urging Nuwa to save the food to help her break through sainthood.
• Nuwa put the bowls back in their hands and said her ancestor had plenty more, prompting Fuxi to ask who the ancestor was.

Nuwa told Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan about Zhang Yifan’s overwhelming power and his simple, leisurely life. Fuxi embraced Zhang Yifan as his ancestor and, after hearing about him, broke through to the Second Heaven of Saint Realm.

• Nuwa called Zhang Yifan her ancestor and explained that he was a farmer from the mortal realm who could break a Great Dao Artifact, revive First Qilin, and keep Ancestor Dragon as a fish.
• Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan were astonished by Zhang Yifan’s power, and Fuxi happily accepted him as his own ancestor.
• Nuwa told them Zhang Yifan had sent her to Huoyun Cave to recruit five servants and wanted time to cook, fish, and stroll with birds.
• Fuxi gained an epiphany from Nuwa’s account and broke through from the First Heaven to the Second Heaven of Saint Realm.
• Shennong and Xuanyuan asked Fuxi what he had realized and how he had suddenly gained enlightenment.

Fuxi broke through his cultivation after realizing that the Great Dao was everywhere, and Nuwa offered him a servant position beside Zhang Yifan. Fuxi discovered he still could not leave Huoyun Palace, but Nuwa urged him to test whether his breakthrough had changed that.

• Fuxi suddenly broke through the First Heaven of Saint Realm, giving Shennong and Xuanyuan hope that the Human Dao’s shackles had loosened.
• Fuxi told Nuwa, Shennong, and Xuanyuan that the Great Dao was everywhere, though he could only glimpse its laws from afar.
• Fuxi criticized Nuwa for letting Zhang Yifan cook, and Nuwa explained that they could not lift his kitchen utensils and that his food contained Fragments of Great Dao Laws.
• Nuwa offered Fuxi the servant position she had won, and he eagerly accepted before remembering that he could not leave Huoyun Cave.
• Nuwa asked Fuxi to test whether his breakthrough would let a clone leave Huoyun Palace, and he sent one toward the exit.

Fuxi’s avatar briefly left Huoyun Palace before vanishing, confirming that the Human Dao’s shackles had loosened but still prevented him from leaving. With Nuwa offering Huoyun Palace’s place beside Ancestor Zhang Yifan to someone else, Fuxi and the others chose Suirenshi as their representative.

• Fuxi sent an avatar outside Huoyun Palace, but it dissipated after a short time, and he concluded that he still could not leave.
• Nuwa offered Fuxi the chance to choose someone from Huoyun Palace to take his place and serve their ancestor.
• Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan considered Youchaoshi, Zhishengshi, and Cangjie before deciding that Suirenshi was the best candidate because of his merits, strength, and Primordial Fire.
• Nuwa agreed to Fuxi’s choice, and Shennong went to summon Suirenshi so they could instruct him.

Nuwa offered Suirenshi an opportunity that could lead him to Great Dao Saint fruition and revealed the Primordial Era World’s Status Advancement, Hongjun’s Heaven Sealing Plan, and the Jade Emperor’s Heaven Shattering Plan. After the Three Human Emperors entrusted him with serving Zhang Yifan and helping the Jade Emperor, Nuwa quietly left Huoyun Palace with Suirenshi.

• Shennong told the human race’s great cultivators that Nuwa had brought tremendous news about the rise of the Human Dao, then brought Suirenshi into the inner hall.
• Nuwa tested Suirenshi’s First Fire, felt its sting, and explained that she was near the fourth level of Saint Realm.
• Nuwa offered Suirenshi an opportunity that could help him prove the Dao of Hunyuan and perhaps attain Great Dao Saint fruition, then explained the world’s Status Advancement and the plans of Hongjun and the Jade Emperor.
• Fuxi instructed Suirenshi to serve Zhang Yifan, assist the Jade Emperor, and avoid returning to Huoyun Palace except for an annual secret visit.
• Suirenshi vowed to serve Zhang Yifan and help restore the Human Dao, and Nuwa left Huoyun Palace with him the next day.

Yang Jian visited Mount Hua with the Seven Fairies to see his confined sister, Yang Chan, and found that the guards had treated her well. He won over Commander Peng Hui and the other Heavenly Soldiers with Enlightenment Tea and an offer to join his command, then entered Mount Hua intending to build a loyal force of Yang Family Generals.

• Yang Jian arrived at Mount Hua with the Seven Fairies and presented the Jade Emperor’s decree so they could visit Yang Chan.
• Yang Jian thanked Commander Peng Hui for caring for Yang Chan and gave him and the guards fifteen jin of Enlightenment Tea.
• Yang Jian urged Peng Hui and the guards to keep the tea secret and offered them positions under his command after Yang Chan left Mount Hua.
• Peng Hui and the Heavenly Soldiers accepted Yang Jian’s offer and pledged their loyalty to him.
• Yang Jian entered Yang Chan’s Cave mansion, planning to develop the Mount Hua guards into his own force and strengthen his support for the Jade Emperor.

Yang Jian reunited with Yang Chan and learned she was pregnant, but she had turned against Liu Yanchang and the Western Teachings after reviewing the evidence and recent events. The family celebrated her resolve and told her about their powerful grandfather Zhang Yifan, while Yang Jian considered trading his place as Zhang Yifan’s servant to secure Yang Chan’s early release.

• Yang Chan told Yang Jian she was pregnant and planned to name the child Liu Chenxiang, then refused to give up the baby.
• Yang Chan said she believed Liu Yanchang had deceived her for the Western Teachings and vowed to expose him and use their child’s bloodline against their enemies.
• Yang Chan explained that the evidence and recent events had changed her view, prompting Yang Jian and the Seven Fairies to hope Jade Emperor would reconsider her confinement.
• Yang Jian and the Seven Fairies told Yang Chan that Zhang Yifan was their grandfather and described his extraordinary power and connections, leaving her eager to meet him.
• Eldest Princess Tianshou offered Yang Chan Enlightenment Tea and rice containing Fragments of Great Dao Laws, while Yang Jian considered giving up his servant position to help secure her release.

Yang Jian surrendered his claim to a heavenly position and asked the Jade Emperor to go easy on Yang Chan, then learned about the Jade Emperor’s plans for the Primordial Era World after its Status Advancement. The Jade Emperor revealed that his first choice for the position was Chai Daohuang, the Matchmaker, leaving Yang Jian puzzled about why he mattered.

• Yang Jian gave up his spot to the Jade Emperor and asked him not to be too harsh on Yang Chan, and the Jade Emperor agreed to let her return to Heaven after her child was born.
• Yang Jian questioned the Jade Emperor’s trip to the Taiyin Star, and the Jade Emperor scolded him for assuming it involved Chang'e.
• The Jade Emperor explained that he had watched Yang Jian recruit heavenly soldiers through the Haotian Mirror and advised him to build a loyal core force for the coming battles.
• The Jade Emperor warned that powerful beings might stop obeying after the Primordial Era World’s Status Advancement and said he was planning for control of the future high-level world.
• The Jade Emperor ruled out Chang'e, the Jade Rabbit, and Wu Gang, then named Chai Daohuang, the Matchmaker, as his first choice for the spot.
• Yang Jian recognized Chai Daohuang as the Matchmaker and asked why he was the top choice.