Recaps

Ji Fa and Di Xin confronted each other at Muye, where their armies clashed through a series of duels between generals. After the battles failed to decide the outcome, Di Xin challenged Ji Fa personally, and Ji Fa rode out to face him.

• Ji Fa and Di Xin exchanged accusations over Western Qi's rebellion, then Di Xin called for a general to fight Ji Fa.
• E Lai answered Di Xin's call, and Nangong Shi rode out to fight him for fifty exchanges without gaining an advantage.
• Di Xin ordered Fei Lian to shoot Nangong Shi, but Sanyi Sheng blocked the arrow and engaged Fei Lian in battle.
• The generals of both armies fought in turn, but neither side secured a decisive advantage.
• Wen Zhong advised Di Xin to defeat Ji Fa personally, and Di Xin rode forward and challenged him.
• Ji Fa accepted Di Xin's challenge and rode out of the Western Qi formation.

At Muye, Di Xin and Ji Fa fought, but Ji Fa blocked and absorbed Di Xin’s sword attacks, surprising the watching armies and experts. Qin Mu observed the unexpected strength Ji Fa displayed as the battle continued.

• Di Xin attacked Ji Fa with the Emperor Sword, and Ji Fa met his strike with a silver spear, matching him blow for blow.
• Di Xin unleashed the stronger Burn Heaven attack, but Ji Fa drew its fire-dragon Sword Qi into a silver vortex and destroyed it.
• Di Xin sent a storm of flaming Sword Qi at Ji Fa, whose spear formed a barrier that blocked every strike.
• Experts across the Primordial Wilderness watched and questioned Ji Fa’s strength, while Qin Mu observed from the Nether Underworld and reflected that events had changed.
• The armies at Muye paused to watch the duel, and Shang Dynasty generals debated Ji Fa’s power while insisting Di Xin had not yet fought seriously.

Di Xin and Ji Fa fought at Muye, matching each other’s giant forms and weapons before Di Xin used the Flame Flag to attack Ji Fa’s defenses. Ji Fa summoned a Dharma Protector Divine General, and Di Xin prepared to answer with a guardian of his own.

• Di Xin transformed into a giant and challenged Ji Fa, who manifested an equal-sized form of his own.
• Di Xin and Ji Fa fought dozens of exchanges with the Emperor Sword and silver spear but remained evenly matched.
• Di Xin unleashed the Flame Flag’s fire formation, while Ji Fa used the Heavenly Origin Umbrella to block its attacks.
• Di Xin intensified the flames until they threatened Ji Fa’s umbrella, prompting Ji Fa to crush a jade talisman.
• A golden-armored Dharma Protector Divine General appeared, and Di Xin said he also had one.

Di Xin and Ji Fa fought to a draw, leaving Qin Mu suspicious of Ji Fa’s hidden strength. Haotian sent Western Heavenly Court forces to aid Western Qi, and Ji Fa agreed to an alliance against Shang.

• Di Xin and Ji Fa fought from dawn until dusk, then withdrew their armies after neither could gain the upper hand.
• Qin Mu watched the battle from the Netherworld, failed to see through Ji Fa, and suspected someone was supporting him.
• Ji Fa privately claimed Di Xin would be easy to crush if he had his strength at its peak.
• Haotian decided to help Western Qi and ordered a Great Luo general to lead troops to assist Ji Fa in destroying Shang.
• The Western Heavenly Court general met Ji Fa at the Western Qi camp, and Ji Fa agreed to ally with Haotian against the Shang Dynasty.

After learning that the Western Heavenly Court was backing Western Qi, Di Xin agreed to Wen Zhong’s proposal to seek aid from the Sect of Interception. Wen Zhong went to the Nether Underworld to ask Golden Spirit Mother to help him approach Tongtian, and she learned of Western Qi’s alliance.

• Great experts speculated that the Western Heavenly Court backed Western Qi and that the Eastern Heavenly Court might support Great Shang.
• Di Xin learned of the Western Heavenly Court’s involvement and worried that Great Shang could not defeat Western Qi without help.
• Wen Zhong urged Di Xin to seek Tongtian’s aid, and Di Xin sent him to make the request.
• Wen Zhong visited his master Golden Spirit Mother in the Nether Underworld and explained Western Qi’s support and Great Shang’s need for Sect of Interception disciples.

Sect Master Tongtian agreed to send the Sect of Interception to help Great Shang resist Western Qi and the Western Heavenly Court, while Qin Mu recognized that the conflict could trigger the calamity. Meanwhile, Yaoji pursued a Three-Headed Flood Dragon who stole the Western Heavenly Court’s Dragon Pearl, and Zhunti sensed that a Buddhist Child would soon be born among the eastern Human Race.

• Golden Spirit Mother and Wen Zhong asked Sect Master Tongtian to let the Sect of Interception aid Great Shang against Western Qi, and he agreed.
• Qin Mu discussed the Western Heavenly Court’s intervention with Yin Tianzi and said that the Saints’ lineages entering the conflict would mark the calamity’s beginning.
• A Three-Headed Flood Dragon stole the Western Heavenly Court’s Hall-Suppressing Dragon Pearl and fled toward the lower realm.
• Yaoji caught up with the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, demanded the Dragon Pearl’s return, and began fighting him.
• Zhunti told Jieyin that a Buddhist Child would soon be born among the eastern Human Race and could be a great opportunity for the Western Teachings.

Saint Zhunti arranged a concealed trap around Irrigation River Mouth while Yaoji pursued the Three-Headed Flood Dragon there. Their fight escalated when the wounded flood dragon drew power from the stolen Hall-Suppressing Dragon Pearl to counter Yaoji’s next sword strike.

• Saint Zhunti sent a disciple on a secret mission and concealed the heavenly secrets around Irrigation River Mouth with his magic.
• Yaoji pursued the Three-Headed Flood Dragon to Irrigation River Mouth after chasing him for many days.
• Yaoji demanded that the Three-Headed Flood Dragon surrender and return to the Western Heavenly Court, but he transformed and challenged her to a fight to the death.
• Yaoji’s sword aura pierced the flood dragon’s three beams of light, wounded him badly, and sent him flying.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon brought out the stolen Hall-Suppressing Dragon Pearl and absorbed its power before spitting three strengthened pillars of light at Yaoji’s approaching sword aura.

The Three-Headed Flood Dragon used the Hall-Suppressing Dragon Pearl’s power to overwhelm and badly injure Yaoji, but backlash forced him to retreat into Irrigation River Mouth. Yang Tianyou, whose body was possessed by another, found the unconscious Yaoji and took her in; she awoke wary of him.

• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon’s boosted strength broke through Yaoji’s attacks and left her severely wounded and unconscious.
• The Hall-Suppressing Dragon Pearl’s power rebounded against the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, so he abandoned his attack and plunged into Irrigation River Mouth to refine it.
• Yang Tianyou found Yaoji unconscious in the forest and carried her away.
• Yaoji awoke in a bed and watched Yang Tianyou suspiciously as he brought her medicine.
• After Yang Tianyou left the room, Yaoji realized he had saved her and angrily recalled the Three-Headed Flood Dragon’s use of the pearl.

Yaoji fell in love with Yang Tianyou, married him, and raised three children with him at Irrigation River Mouth. After Saint Zhunti removed the seal hiding the heavenly secrets there, Haotian learned what had happened and ordered Yaoji brought back to the Western Heavenly Court.

• Yaoji admitted that she loved Yang Tianyou, and the two married at Irrigation River Mouth.
• Yaoji and Yang Tianyou had three children: Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan.
• Saint Zhunti removed the sealing power concealing the heavenly secrets above Irrigation River Mouth.
• Haotian sensed that Yaoji had married a mortal and borne three children.
• Haotian ordered a heavenly general to send someone to the mortal realm and bring Yaoji back.

Qin Mu learned that Yang Jian had been hidden from heavenly detection, while Venerable Yuanshi ordered True Man Yu Ding to find and teach him. At Irrigation River Mouth, heavenly soldiers arrived at Yaoji’s home, and she realized the Western Heavenly Court had come for her.

• Saint Zhunti told Saint Jieyin that the Western Teachings’ plan was proceeding and that their Buddhist Son would come to them.
• Qin Mu discovered Yang Jian’s existence and resolved to prevent anyone from claiming him for their own purposes.
• Venerable Yuanshi identified Yang Jian as a fortunate child of the Chan Teachings and ordered True Man Yu Ding to take him as a disciple.
• True Man Yu Ding accepted the order and set out for Irrigation River Mouth.
• Yaoji sensed the Western Heavenly Court sealing the area around her home, and heavenly soldiers and generals appeared as Yang Tianyou and the children watched in shock.

Yaoji confessed that she was the eldest princess of the Western Heavenly Court and agreed to return with the heavenly soldiers, but only after securing her family’s escape. Yang Tianyou secretly divided the Immortal Light carrying them, leaving Yang Jiao with him and sending Yang Jian and Yang Chan elsewhere.

• Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, Yang Chan, and Yang Tianyou learned that Yaoji was an immortal princess who had married a mortal.
• A Daluo commander announced Haotian’s order to take Yaoji and her family back for judgment, but Yaoji demanded that her husband and children be spared.
• Yaoji used Immortal Light to send Yang Tianyou and the three Yang siblings away, then blocked the commander until he agreed to take only her.
• As the family traveled, Yang Tianyou secretly split the Immortal Light, sending himself and Yang Jiao west while Yang Jian and Yang Chan flew in another direction.
• Yang Jiao panicked at being separated from his siblings, while Yang Jian tried to comfort the crying Yang Chan as they continued toward an unknown destination.

Yaoji accepted Haotian’s judgment and was sealed beneath Peach Mountain, while Yang Jiao learned that Yang Tianyou had deceived him to bring him to Saint Zhunti. Zhunti tried to convert Yang Jiao into the Buddha Child of the West, but an unknown force shielded him from the Buddhist light.

• Haotian sentenced Yaoji to be suppressed beneath Peach Mountain for eternity, and the Western Heavenly Court’s immortals sealed her there.
• Yang Tianyou brought Yang Jiao to Saint Zhunti and revealed that he had completed a mission to return the Buddha Child to the West.
• Zhunti rewarded Yang Tianyou with Saint’s Power, raising his cultivation to the Quasi-Saint level.
• Yang Tianyou told Yang Jiao their father-son affection had been only a passing chapter, leaving Yang Jiao enraged and heartbroken.
• Zhunti tried to convert Yang Jiao, but an invisible force erupted from Yang Jiao and blocked the Buddhist light.

Yang Jiao resisted Saint Zhunti’s attempt to convert him, while Yang Jian and Yang Chan were left alone after their family was torn apart. A Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix arrived to take Yang Chan to Nuwa Palace, promising that her cultivation there might help save their mother.

• A mysterious force protected Yang Jiao from Saint Zhunti’s conversion, so Zhunti ordered Yang Tianyou to imprison him at Spirit Mountain and continue trying to convert him.
• Yang Jian comforted the grieving Yang Chan and promised to reunite their family and protect her.
• A seven-colored phoenix descended before Yang Jian and Yang Chan, then transformed into the Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix.
• The Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix said Nuwa Saint had sent her to bring Yang Chan to Nuwa Palace because of Yang Chan’s special fate.
• The Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix told Yang Jian that Yang Chan could cultivate at Nuwa Palace and might one day help save their mother.

Yang Chan agreed to leave with the Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix for Nuwa Palace after Yang Jian promised they would reunite and rescue their mother, Yaoji. As Yang Jian was left alone and resolved to find an immortal master, True Man Yu Ding arrived to take him as a disciple, but an unknown voice ordered them to stop.

• Yang Chan initially refused to leave Yang Jian, but he persuaded her to go to Nuwa Palace and cultivate so they could save Yaoji together.
• Yang Chan promised Yang Jian he must come find her, then the Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix took her toward Beyond Heaven.
• Alone, Yang Jian resolved to seek an immortal master and become strong enough to rescue Yaoji and find his family.
• True Man Yu Ding arrived, introduced himself as a disciple of Venerable Yuanshi, and offered to teach Yang Jian daoist arts and divine abilities.
• Yang Jian accepted True Man Yu Ding as his master, but an unseen voice shouted for them to stop as they prepared to leave for Kunlun Mountain.

Qin Mu arrived as True Man Yu Ding tried to recruit Yang Jian for the Chan Teachings, then drove Yu Ding away and took Yang Jian as his disciple. Yu Ding returned to Kunlun Mountain and reported to Venerable Yuanshi that Qin Mu had taken Yang Jian.

• Qin Mu appeared while True Man Yu Ding was seeking to recruit Yang Jian and was greeted as Senior Brother by the frightened immortal.
• True Man Yu Ding pleaded with Qin Mu to let him take Yang Jian as his disciple, but Qin Mu ordered him to leave.
• Qin Mu asked Yang Jian to become his disciple, and Yang Jian accepted after deciding Qin Mu was the stronger teacher.
• Qin Mu enveloped Yang Jian in a mysterious radiance, and they vanished together.
• True Man Yu Ding returned to Yuxu Palace and told Venerable Yuanshi that Qin Mu had taken Yang Jian away.

Qin Mu took Yang Jian to the Nether Underworld and began training him, while Venerable Yuanshi swore revenge after learning of Qin Mu’s actions. Years later, Yang Jian passed his Heavenly Immortal Tribulation, and Qin Mu appeared before his newly advanced disciple.

• After hearing True Man Yu Ding’s report, Venerable Yuanshi erupted in fury and vowed to make Qin Mu pay for their past conflicts.
• Qin Mu brought Yang Jian to the Nether Underworld, took him as his disciple, and taught him foundational cultivation techniques.
• Di Xin and Ji Fa continued their struggle, with the Western Heavenly Court supporting Ji Fa and the Sect of Interception aiding Di Xin.
• After several years of training under Qin Mu, Yang Jian faced nine bolts of heavenly lightning and passed his Heavenly Immortal Tribulation.
• Yang Jian celebrated his breakthrough, then knelt to greet Qin Mu when his master appeared.

Qin Mu praised Yang Jian for enduring heavenly lightning and gave him three Innate Spiritual Treasures, then ordered him to remain in the Underworld until he reached Golden Immortal. Qin Mu continued seeking a path to the Heavenly Dao Realm, while Yang Jian advanced rapidly through cultivation.

• Qin Mu praised Yang Jian for taking nine bolts of heavenly lightning without using a treasure.
• Qin Mu gave Yang Jian the Primordial Chaos Banner, the Immortal Slaying Sword, and the Protective Jade Talisman, and ordered him to stay in the Underworld until he reached Golden Immortal.
• Yang Jian resumed cultivating, determined to grow strong enough to rescue his mother from the Western Heavenly Court.
• Qin Mu reflected on his cultivation, Dao Ancestor Hongjun, and the looming struggle for the Immortal Seed before returning to contemplating the Great Dao.
• Over the following years, Yang Jian advanced from Heavenly Immortal to True Immortal and then Mystic Immortal.

Yang Jian broke through to the Golden Immortal realm and gained Qin Mu’s permission to leave the Underworld, with a reminder that he was still far from strong enough to rescue Yaoji. As Yang Jian traveled toward Irrigation River Mouth, Haotian learned he was alive and ordered heavenly soldiers to seize him.

• Yang Jian advanced from the peak of the Mystic Immortal realm to the Golden Immortal realm and mastered Qin Mu’s teachings.
• Yang Jian asked Qin Mu to leave the Underworld, and Qin Mu allowed him to go while warning him about the strength of Haotian and the Western Heavenly Court.
• Qin Mu advised Yang Jian to visit Irrigation River Mouth, where he had been born, and Yang Jian set out across the Primordial Land.
• Haotian learned from a heavenly general that Yang Jian had been spotted in the lower realm and ordered soldiers to capture him.

Yang Jian traveled toward Irrigation River Mouth, thinking of his mother Yaoji and his resolve to grow strong enough to save her. Heavenly soldiers sent by Haotian confronted him, and after he broke their formation with the Immortal Slaying Sword, reinforcements arrived.

• Yang Jian journeyed across the Primordial Land toward Irrigation River Mouth and reflected on his family and his need to become stronger.
• A heavenly general and several hundred heavenly soldiers confronted Yang Jian, calling him a criminal and ordering him to return to the Western Heavenly Court.
• Yang Jian challenged the Heavenly Court's justification for imprisoning Yaoji and refused to surrender.
• Yang Jian summoned the Immortal Slaying Sword, struck down several soldiers, and shattered their golden heavenly net formation.
• The heavenly general rejoiced when powerful reinforcements appeared in the distance.

Yang Jian fought Commander Lei and more than a thousand heavenly soldiers after they surrounded him with the Heavenly Net Demon-Subduing Array. He broke through the formation and wounded Commander Lei, but the commander used a golden token to draw on the soldiers’ power and prepared a thunder-dragon attack.

• Commander Lei arrived with over a thousand heavenly soldiers and demanded that Yang Jian surrender his treasure and return to the Western Heavenly Court.
• Yang Jian activated his protective jade talisman and studied the Heavenly Net Demon-Subduing Array for a flaw.
• The array bound Yang Jian with lightning chains, but he shattered them and charged at its weak point with the Primordial Chaos Banner protecting him.
• Yang Jian cut through the heavenly soldiers, then clashed with Commander Lei and wounded him with the Immortal Slaying Sword.
• Commander Lei activated a golden command token, drawing the formation’s power into himself and summoning a thunder dragon as Yang Jian readied his sword and Primordial Chaos Banner.

Yang Jian defeated the Western Heavenly Court’s Heavenly Net Demon-Subduing Array and routed the heavenly soldiers sent to kill him. He spared a few survivors to carry his warning to Haotian that he would go to Peach Mountain, then continued toward Irrigation River Mouth.

• The golden-armored heavenly general unleashed the array’s thunder dragon, but Yang Jian charged into it and destroyed it with the Immortal Slaying Sword.
• Yang Jian attacked the array’s core, drove back three heavenly generals, and shattered the golden command token, collapsing the formation.
• Yang Jian defeated and killed the golden-armored heavenly general as the heavenly soldiers fled.
• Yang Jian cut down most of the fleeing soldiers, then spared a handful to deliver his message to Haotian about Peach Mountain.
• Yang Jian continued toward Irrigation River Mouth while the survivors raced back to the Western Heavenly Court.

After defeating the heavenly soldiers, Yang Jian returned to his ruined childhood home at Irrigation River Mouth and reaffirmed his resolve to rescue his mother and avenge his family. The survivors reported his rebellion to Haotian, who confronted them in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

• The surviving heavenly soldiers fled after Yang Jian shattered their array and routed their force, then headed back to report to Haotian.
• Yang Jian returned to his family’s abandoned residence, remembered his lost relatives, and vowed to rescue his mother and settle the Western Heavenly Court’s debt.
• Villagers recognized Yang Jian as the Yang Family’s Second Son and recalled his mother’s kindness; he healed them with spiritual energy before setting out toward Peach Mountain.
• The battered soldiers reached the South Heaven Gate and reported that Yang Jian had rebelled.
• Haotian received the surviving soldiers in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and demanded to know why so few had returned.

After Yang Jian killed Commander Lei and threatened to free Yaoji, Haotian sent one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and powerful formations to guard Peach Mountain. Yang Jian left Irrigation River Mouth to rescue his mother but stopped to save fishermen from a flood dragon.

• A battered soldier reported that Yang Jian had destroyed the Heavenly Net Demon-Subduing Array, killed Commander Lei, and vowed to split Peach Mountain open to save Yaoji.
• Haotian ordered one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals, the Seventy-Two Star Officials, and nine Mountain-Suppressing Divine Talismans to guard Peach Mountain.
• The heavenly forces sealed Peach Mountain, and Yaoji worried that Yang Jian would come to save her.
• Yang Jian said farewell to the old man and villagers at Irrigation River Mouth and confirmed that he intended to rescue his mother.
• A black-scaled flood dragon stirred the river and threatened fishermen, so Yang Jian entered the water, rescued them, and shattered the dragon's water blades with the Immortal Slaying Sword.

Yang Jian defeated the flood dragon at Irrigation River Mouth, gained the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade, and set out to grow stronger before rescuing his mother from Peach Mountain. He arrived at Mount Emei to seek guidance from Zhao Gongming.

• Yang Jian overwhelmed the flood dragon, accepted its life-bound primordial spirit, and watched it transform into the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade.
• Yang Jian reassured the people of Irrigation River Mouth, then left for Peach Mountain to rescue his mother.
• Yang Jian decided he needed greater strength to overcome Haotian's forces and considered training at Buzhou Mountain.
• Yang Jian chose to visit Zhao Gongming at Luofu Cave on Mount Emei before continuing his journey.
• Yang Jian arrived at Luofu Cave and introduced himself to Zhao Gongming from outside the cave.

Yang Jian visited Zhao Gongming and received a Five-Turn Golden Pill, which helped him break through to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm. He remained determined to rescue his mother from Peach Mountain and asked Zhao Gongming about the situation at Buzhou Mountain.

• Yang Jian introduced himself as Qin Mu's disciple, and Zhao Gongming praised his strength and his defeat of Commander Lei and the Heavenly Net Demon-Subduing Array.
• Zhao Gongming warned Yang Jian that Haotian had likely prepared deadly formations around Peach Mountain and gave him a Five-Turn Golden Pill.
• Yang Jian refined the pill in Luofu Cave while Zhao Gongming guarded him and instructed him to condense his Dao Fruit.
• Yang Jian broke through to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm and declared that he would cleave apart the heavenly laws if they stood between him and his mother.
• Zhao Gongming said Yang Jian resembled Senior Brother, and Yang Jian asked about the current situation at Buzhou Mountain.