Recaps

Haotian broke away from the Eastern Heavenly Court with support from Venerable Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti, then founded the Western Heavenly Court and challenged Emperor Venerate at a grand celebration. While Qin Mu trained Zi Shou, the banquet’s three duels began with the Eastern Heavenly Court winning twice, and Kunpeng’s fight against Lord of Stars remained unresolved.

• Haotian declared his rebellion, but Emperor Venerate struck him down until Venerable Yuanshi and the Western Saints intervened and helped the rebels escape.
• Venerable Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti established the Western Heavenly Court, and Haotian’s new Fortune raised him to the Sub-Saint realm.
• Qin Mu chose not to interfere with Haotian and instead met Zi Shou, accepted him as a disciple, and taught him cultivation.
• Haotian recruited Kunpeng and Chan Teachings disciples, then invited Saints and powerful figures to a celebration marking the Western Heavenly Court’s first century.
• Qin Mu continued teaching Di Xin, who reached the Immortal Realm before Qin Mu gave him weapons, armor, and a jade pendant and departed.
• Emperor Venerate arrived at Haotian’s celebration with Eastern Heavenly Court leaders, and Haotian proposed that the two courts each send three contestants to compete.
• Zhao Gongming defeated Yin Wuji in the first duel, and Emperor Dong Hua forced Ling Xu Zi to concede in the second.
• Kunpeng battled Lord of Stars in the final duel, and after revealing his Giant Kun True Body, he swallowed Lord of Stars’s Starlight Meteorites.

After the Western Heavenly Court lost its contests, Hongjun entrusted Haotian with the Investiture of the Gods, setting the factions to scheme over the coming calamity. As Haotian recruited allies and the Shang Dynasty’s Di Xin resisted him, the Nine-Tailed Empress rose to power and drew the Western Heavenly Court toward Green Hills.

• Kunpeng lost to the Lord of Stars, and the Eastern Heavenly Court left the banquet after Haotian’s challenge ended in defeat.
• Hongjun announced the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and gave Haotian the list, which would automatically claim the True Spirits of those who died in the calamity.
• Qin Mu and Tongtian allied the Interception Sect with Emperor Venerate’s Eastern Heavenly Court and planned to put their enemies on the list.
• Haotian recruited the Great Void Sword Sect and the Five Elements Patriarch, while Di Xin refused Jingchen’s demand to submit and killed him with one palm.
• The Nine-Tailed Saint Emperor awakened in Xuanyuan Tomb, conquered Green Hills, absorbed its Fortune, and became the Nine-Tailed Empress.
• The Dragon Emperor and the Nine-Tailed Empress agreed to pursue the Immortal Seed, while she rejected Haotian’s envoy and considered using Green Hills’ submission as a temporary smokescreen.
• Haotian recruited Venerable Yuanshi, and the two went to Mount Sumeru to enlist Jieyin and Zhunti before setting out for Green Hills.

The Western Heavenly Court secured the Primordial Violet Qi for Haotian despite Qin Mu’s defeat of its Saints, and Haotian rose to Sagehood. Meanwhile, Ji Fa’s Western Qi rebelled against Shang, drawing Di Xin into a campaign that Ji Fa prepared to confront.

• The Nine-Tailed Empress agreed to join the Western Heavenly Court while retaining autonomous rule over Green Hill Land, and the court’s influence grew.
• Ji Fa was born beneath the sign of Human Emperor’s qi, and a consciousness from another epoch awakened within him and sought the Immortal Seed.
• When the Primordial Violet Qi appeared, Venerable Yuanshi and his allies fought Emperor Venerate, Huang Tian, Tongtian, and their forces for it.
• Qin Mu defeated Venerable Yuanshi, Jieyin, Zhunti, and the Dragon Emperor, but Hongjun intervened and awarded the Primordial Violet Qi to Haotian.
• After more than a thousand years of conflict, Haotian attained Sagehood and proclaimed the Western Heavenly Court the rightful orthodoxy of the Three Realms.
• Ji Chang and Ji Fa strengthened Western Qi as other regions rebelled against Shang, prompting Di Xin to march against them.
• Di Xin’s army defeated Western Qi in successive clashes, and Ji Fa volunteered to lead troops against him.

As the war between Western Qi and Great Shang drew in the heavenly courts and sects, Yaoji’s family was torn apart and Yang Jian became Qin Mu’s disciple. After training in the Underworld, Yang Jian fought the Western Heavenly Court and set out to rescue his mother, leaving stronger after Zhao Gongming helped him advance.

• Ji Fa and Di Xin fought to a standstill at Muye, and Haotian allied the Western Heavenly Court with Western Qi while Wen Zhong secured Sect of Interception aid for Great Shang.
• Yaoji defeated the Three-Headed Flood Dragon but was wounded, then married Yang Tianyou and had Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan.
• Haotian ordered Yaoji’s arrest, and she sent her husband and children away before being sealed beneath Peach Mountain, and Yang Tianyou took Yang Jiao to Zhunti, while the Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix brought Yang Chan to Nuwa Palace.
• Qin Mu intervened when True Man Yu Ding came to claim Yang Jian, took Yang Jian as his disciple, and trained him in the Nether Underworld until he reached Golden Immortal.
• Yang Jian left to find his family and was confronted by the Western Heavenly Court’s forces, but he broke their formation, killed Commander Lei, and vowed to rescue Yaoji from Peach Mountain.
• Yang Jian returned to Irrigation River Mouth, healed villagers, defeated a flood dragon that became his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade, and headed for Luofu Cave to seek Zhao Gongming’s help.
• Zhao Gongming gave Yang Jian a Five-Turn Golden Pill, and Yang Jian advanced to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm before asking about Buzhou Mountain.