Recaps

After discovering Zhang Yifan’s food could strengthen even powerful immortals, the Jade Emperor made him the center of his plans and began asserting control over Heaven. Yang Jian destroyed the Journey to the West party, while Zhang Yifan’s guests gained strength and Tongtian prepared to bring his disciples to meet Grandpa; the arc ends with the Jade Emperor facing Laozi.

• The Jade Emperor entered Zhang Yifan’s yard, lost his powers, and was forced to kneel and call Zhang Yifan Father.
• The Jade Emperor and Taibai Jinxing discovered that Zhang Yifan’s food and wine contained Great Dao Law fragments, and the Jade Emperor learned about Hongjun’s plan to hinder the world’s advancement.
• The Jade Emperor brought the Queen Mother and Seven Fairies to meet Zhang Yifan, where his feast strengthened them and his advice led the Jade Emperor to demand obedience from Heaven’s gods.
• The Jade Emperor dismissed disobedient gods, humiliated Guanyin, and brought Yang Jian and Sect Master Tongtian to meet Zhang Yifan, who fed them and gave them Enlightenment Tea.
• Tongtian regained his confidence after Zhang Yifan explained how the Three Pure Ones could help Pangu return, while Yang Jian shared Enlightenment Tea with Yuan Hong and the Five Monsters.
• Yang Jian and Yuan Hong destroyed the pilgrimage party and the Lion Camel Ridge demons, prompting the Jade Emperor to bring loyal gods and captured creatures to Zhang Yifan’s home for a feast.
• Tongtian gave Yunxiao Enlightenment Tea and told her to gather Bixiao, Qiongxiao, and Brother Gongming in two months to meet Grandpa.
• After more than three hundred gods ignored his summons, the Jade Emperor went to Tushita Palace to execute Laozi, whose Vajra Bracelet defeated Wu Qu Xing Jun and Taibai Jinxing before the Jade Emperor confronted him.

The Jade Emperor and his allies battled the Saints as Zhang Yifan revealed Hongjun’s Heaven Sealing Plan and the calamities behind it. The arc ended with Yang Jian defeating two Bodhisattvas and True Lord Yuding discovering the power of Zhang Yifan’s Pig Feed.

• The Jade Emperor killed Grand Supreme Elder Laozi, but Grand Pure Saint arrived to avenge him, and Sect Master Tongtian intervened to protect the Heavenly Court.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun punished the Jade Emperor and Tongtian, then ordered the Journey to the West to resume and forbade Saints from acting for a thousand years.
• Yang Jian and Old Ancestor Qilin, the Dragon Ancestor, and the Nine Golden Crows destroyed Spirit Mountain, and Old Ancestor Qilin struck Saint Zhunti’s head off with Zhang Yifan’s hoe.
• Tongtian brought Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos to meet Zhang Yifan, whose broken hoe killed its Artifact Spirit and left Yunxiao with the remaining piece.
• Nuwa entered Zhang Yifan’s courtyard in disguise, where Yunxiao and the others made her play the part of their younger relative and eat their food.
• Zhang Yifan explained that Hongjun’s Heaven Sealing Plan began with engineered ancient conflicts and used his sermons, the Saint positions, and later calamities to secure control.
• Zhang Yifan said the Witch-Demon and Investiture of the Gods calamities obstructed Pangu’s return, while the Journey to the West and Saint-Slaying Pill formed Hongjun’s final steps.
• Yunxiao fought Nuwa with the hoe, while Yang Jian defeated Manjushri and Samantabhadra before sparing their primordial spirits at True Lord Yuding’s request, and Yuding then tasted Zhang Yifan’s Pig Feed.

Zhang Yifan’s visit to the underworld revealed his power to Houtu and drew the Jade Emperor, Tongtian, and others into his orbit. Meanwhile, the Jade Emperor moved against the old Heavenly Court officials, and Li Er’s campaign ended with Master Yuan exposed and ordered arrested.

• Yang Jian brought Primeval Lord of Heaven half a bucket of Pig Feed, which Primeval Lord of Heaven and Grand Pure Saint divided after discovering its Great Dao Law fragments.
• Zhang Yifan’s soup transformed wandering ghosts into immortals, and the Book of Life and Death burned after his lifespan exceeded its limit.
• The Jade Emperor, Tongtian, Yang Jian, Nuwa, and others rushed to the underworld, where Zhang Yifan scolded them for mistakenly thinking King Qin Guang had harmed him.
• At Zhang Yifan’s banquet, Houtu gained Great Dao Law fragments from his wine and learned that Hongjun had engineered the calamities and blocked Pangu’s return.
• Houtu allied with the Jade Emperor against Hongjun, while the Jade Emperor said Zhang Yifan’s secret strategy was the Heaven Shattering Plan.
• Guanyin tried to enforce Hongjun’s decree to restart the Journey to the West, but the Jade Emperor made her enter through a small gate and took her Jade Bottle for Wangcai.
• Li Er enforced the Jade Emperor’s order to remove old officials, then offered Li Jing’s household Enlightenment Tea in exchange for their loyalty.
• Master Yuan persuaded more than twenty gods to defect, but the Seventh Fairy ordered his arrest and execution after reading the Jade Emperor’s decree, and Yunxiao ordered the Jie Teachings gods to attack him.

The Jade Emperor consolidated his rule and recruited powerful figures to serve Zhang Yifan, while Big Black Dog reorganized the dragon clan and Nuwa recruited Suirenshi. The arc left Yang Chan awaiting the birth of her child before returning to Heaven, and the Jade Emperor preparing for the world’s advancement by building a loyal force.

• The Jade Emperor crushed the rebellion, appointed Nezha as Loyal King, and secured the Jie Teachings gods’ allegiance after Li Jing and his sons were killed.
• The Seventh Fairy revealed her ties to Yunxiao and Sect Master Tongtian, and Golden Spirit Holy Mother and the other Jie Teachings gods accepted the Jade Emperor’s decree and received Enlightenment Tea and rice containing Great Dao Laws.
• The Jade Emperor brought Li Er to Zhang Yifan’s courtyard, where Zhang Yifan chastised the competing visitors and ordered them to help with chores before they chose attendants.
• Big Black Dog recruited Howling Celestial Dog, then went to the East Sea Dragon Palace, empowered Ao Guang, and demanded the dragon race provide an attendant for Zhang Yifan.
• Big Black Dog exposed Ao Run’s betrayal, had Ao Guang execute him, ordered the dragons to obey the Heavenly Court, and chose Ao Bing as Zhang Yifan’s attendant.
• Nuwa recruited Fuxi from Huoyun Cave, and Fuxi chose Suirenshi to take his place, and Suirenshi vowed to serve Zhang Yifan and help restore the Human Dao.
• Yang Jian visited Yang Chan at Mount Hua, learned she was pregnant with Liu Chenxiang, and offered his servant spot so the Jade Emperor would let her return to Heaven after the child was born.
• The Jade Emperor advised Yang Jian to build a loyal core force for future battles and named Chai Daohuang, the Matchmaker, as his first choice for the remaining servant spot.