Chapter Summaries

Nezha broke Western Qi’s truce with the Chaoge army, defeated Feng Lin and Zhang Guifang, and forced them to hang up a truce banner again. Lin Zhu then inspected the completed Investiture of the Gods Platform and announced that disciples of all sects should enter the Great Calamity.

• Jiang Ziya told Nezha that Zhang Guifang and Feng Lin’s unorthodox arts had driven Western Qi to hang a truce banner, and Nezha offered to challenge them.
• Nezha defeated Feng Lin with the Golden Brick and Universe Ring, injuring him and sending him back to the Chaoge ranks.
• Zhang Guifang’s Name-Calling Soul-Seizing Technique failed to affect Nezha, whose lotus-body incarnation had no soul or spirit, and Nezha struck Zhang Guifang with the Universe Ring.
• Zhang Guifang returned to camp with his remaining generals unable to fight, and the Chaoge army hung up a truce banner as Western Qi celebrated its victory.
• Bai Jian told Lin Zhu that the Investiture of the Gods Platform was complete, and Lin Zhu inspected it before directing him to announce its completion to Heaven, Earth, and the Primordial Wilderness.

Lin Zhu formally opened the Investiture of the Gods Platform, then went to the West Sea and sent the Nine Dragon Island Four Sages to aid Zhang Guifang’s campaign against Western Qi. The Four Sages arrived at Zhang Guifang’s camp, where he welcomed them as reinforcements.

• Lin Zhu prayed to Heaven to announce the completed Investiture of the Gods Platform, received merit, and ordered Bai Jian and the Five Route Gods to guide souls there.
• Lin Zhu traveled to the West Sea and urged Wang Mo, Yang Sen, Gao Youqian, and Li Xingba to enter the Great Calamity and help Zhang Guifang.
• The Nine Dragon Island Four Sages agreed to leave their island and head to Western Qi.
• At his camp outside Xiqi City, Zhang Guifang learned four Daoists had arrived and went to meet them.
• Wang Mo identified the group as the Nine Dragon Island Four Sages, and Zhang Guifang invited them into his main tent.

The Four Sages healed Zhang Guifang and Feng Lin, then joined the Chaoge army to confront Jiang Ziya beneath Xi Qi City. Their Spirit Beasts’ bloodline suppression toppled most of the Western Qi soldiers and left Jiang Ziya wary as the Four Sages declared they had come to aid Zhang Guifang.

• Wang Mo identified Feng Lin’s injury as a wound from Nezha’s Universe Ring and healed him and Zhang Guifang with a pill.
• Wang Mo asked Zhang Guifang to challenge Jiang Ziya and arranged talismans and banners for the Four Sages’ surprise appearance.
• Zhang Guifang led the Chaoge army beneath Xi Qi City, where Jiang Ziya mocked him before the battle began.
• Wang Mo, Yang Sen, Gao Youqian, and Li Xingba appeared on their Spirit Beasts, whose bloodline suppression knocked most Western Qi soldiers and Jiang Ziya from their mounts.
• Jiang Ziya recognized that the Four Sages were beyond his strength, tried to delay them with a courteous welcome, and learned they had come to help Zhang Guifang.

Jiang Ziya delayed the Four Sages of West Sea Nine Dragon Island with promises while protecting Huang Feihu and Deng Jiugong, then set out for Kunlun to seek aid. At Azure Sky Palace, Lin Zhu learned of the threat to his Jie Sect disciples, summoned Deng Chanyu and Long Xuhu, and accepted Long Xuhu as a nominal disciple before warning him of a future ambush.

• Jiang Ziya agreed to the Four Sages’ demands for loyalty and supplies, but said he needed King Wu Bo Yikao’s approval to hand over Huang Feihu and Deng Jiugong.
• Huang Feihu and Deng Jiugong offered to surrender themselves, but Jiang Ziya reassured them that he would protect them and ordered the generals to prepare Xi Qi City’s defenses.
• Jiang Ziya explained the situation to King Wu Bo Yikao, then left for Kunlun Mountain to seek reinforcements while the armies paused their fighting.
• Lin Zhu foresaw Manjusri, the Heavenly Lord of Broad Law, threatening Wang Mo, Yang Sen, and the other Four Sages, and summoned Deng Chanyu and Long Xuhu to Azure Sky Palace.
• Lin Zhu accepted Long Xuhu as a nominal disciple, gave him a Nine Revolutions Golden Pill, and warned him to beware of Wu Wenhua’s surprise raid on the camp.

Lin Zhu sent Deng Chanyu to aid Zhou and rescue Jiang Ziya, while Yuanshi Tianzun gave Jiang Ziya Sibuxiang to counter the Four Sages’ mounts. The Four Sages realized Jiang Ziya had deceived them and prepared to attack Western Qi that night.

• Lin Zhu accepted Long Xuhu as a Registered Disciple, gave Deng Chanyu a Great Return Pill, and sent her with Long Xuhu to join Zhou.
• Jiang Ziya reached Kunlun Mountain and asked Yuanshi Tianzun for help against the Four Sages of Nine Dragon Island.
• Yuanshi Tianzun lent Jiang Ziya Sibuxiang and sent him back to Western Qi, expecting Chan Sect disciples to contend for Fortune.
• Wang Mo and the other Four Sages went to Xi Qi City and learned from Deng Jiugong that Jiang Ziya was away with King Wu.
• Wang Mo realized Jiang Ziya had deceived them and decided the Four Sages would attack Western Qi that night.

The Four Sages tried to raid Xi Qi City at night, but Bo Yikao used the Fuxi Zither to drive them back. At dawn, Jiang Ziya led Huang Feihu and Nezha out to confront them, while Deng Chanyu and Long Xuhu prepared separate ambushes; Wang Mo charged Jiang Ziya after rejecting his appeal to join Zhou.

• Wang Mo discovered Jiang Ziya was absent and led the Four Sages in a nighttime attack on Xi Qi City.
• Bo Yikao played the Fuxi Zither, whose music and Saintly might forced the Four Sages and their beasts to retreat beyond the city.
• Deng Chanyu and Long Xuhu arrived after the Four Sages withdrew and set separate ambushes to rescue Jiang Ziya and the Zhou generals.
• At dawn, Jiang Ziya rode out with Huang Feihu and Nezha to face Wang Mo, Yang Sen, Gao Youqian, and Li Xingba.
• Jiang Ziya urged the Four Sages to abandon Shang and join Zhou, but Wang Mo flew into a rage and charged him.

Jiang Ziya, Nezha, and Huang Feihu were struck down by the Four Sages’ Heaven Opening Pearls, leaving Xi Qi without anyone to fight. Long Xuhu intervened, drove the Four Sages back with a barrage of boulders, and returned to Xi Qi with the injured generals.

• Jiang Ziya fought Wang Mo but was struck in the back by Wang Mo’s Heaven Opening Pearl and fell unconscious on Sibuxiang.
• Nezha tried to stop Wang Mo, but Yang Sen struck him in the chest with another Heaven Opening Pearl, knocking him from his Wind Fire Wheels.
• Huang Feihu rode out to protect Nezha, but Yang Sen struck him from his Five-Colored Divine Ox with the Heaven Opening Pearl.
• Long Xuhu emerged from beneath Xi Qi City, identified himself as Lin Zhu’s disciple, and challenged Yang Sen.
• Long Xuhu bombarded Yang Sen, Gao Youqian, Li Xingba, and the Chaoge camp with boulders, forcing the three Sages to retreat.
• Long Xuhu rescued Nezha and Huang Feihu and brought them back to Xi Qi, where they regained consciousness after taking medicine.

Deng Chanyu rescued Jiang Ziya by killing Wang Mo before Manjusri could claim the merit. Jiang Ziya recovered and returned to Xi Qi, while Manjusri realized Lin Zhu had once again spoiled his plans.

• Long Xuhu reassured Western Qi’s officials that Jiang Ziya would be rescued and told Deng Jiugong that Deng Chanyu was returning.
• Sibuxiang carried Jiang Ziya’s corpse toward Mount Kunlun, but it fell from its back as Wang Mo caught up.
• Deng Chanyu confronted Wang Mo, broke his swords, deflected his Heaven Opening Pearl with Five-Colored Divine Stones, and killed him with her blade.
• Deng Chanyu gave Jiang Ziya a Great Return Pill, and he awoke before returning to Western Qi with her and Sibuxiang.
• Manjusri waited with Jin Zha to kill Wang Mo and meet Jiang Ziya, then realized Lin Zhu had acted before him.

After Deng Chanyu rescued Jiang Ziya and brought him back to Xi Qi, the Chaoge army attacked to avenge Wang Mo. Jin Zha and Nezha joined the battle but were knocked down by the Heaven Opening Pearl as Deng Chanyu entered the fight.

• Manjusri, the Heavenly Lord of Broad Law, learned that Lin Zhu had disrupted his plans and took Jin Zha to Xi Qi City to join Jiang Ziya.
• Samantabhadra sent Mu Zha to intercept the Four Sages, but Lin Zhu's arrangements had already thwarted the plan.
• Bai Jian guided Wang Mo's soul to the Investiture of the Gods Platform, while Jiang Ziya returned to Xi Qi and King Wu ordered that Deng Chanyu and Long Xuhu be given residences.
• Yang Sen, Gao Youqian, and Li Xingba learned of Wang Mo's death and challenged Western Qi the next day.
• Jin Zha and Nezha fought the three Taoists, but the Heaven Opening Pearl knocked both of them down.
• Deng Chanyu rushed in and hurled Five-Colored Divine Stones at Yang Sen and the other Taoists.

Deng Chanyu and Long Xuhu helped Western Qi defeat Zhang Guifang’s army after killing the remaining three Four Sages, and the three brothers Jin Zha, Nezha, and Mu Zha reunited in Western Qi. With the Chaoge forces waiting for reinforcements, Jiang Ziya led an attack on their camp, where Long Xuhu’s giant rocks began smashing the stockades.

• Deng Chanyu and Long Xuhu killed Yang Sen, Gao Youqian, and Li Xingba, and Bai Jian guided their heroic souls to the Investiture of the Gods Platform.
• Jiang Ziya’s army routed Zhang Guifang’s forces, while Deng Chanyu claimed the Four Sages’ magical treasures and elixirs.
• Mu Zha arrived in Western Qi and reunited with Jin Zha and Nezha before meeting Jiang Ziya.
• Zhang Guifang accepted Feng Lin’s advice to request reinforcements from Chaoge and keep his army inside its camp.
• After Western Qi spies reported the Chaoge army’s situation, Jiang Ziya ordered an attack, and Long Xuhu’s boulders smashed the camp’s stockades.

Jiang Ziya’s Western Qi army broke Zhang Guifang’s camp, where Feng Lin was killed and Zhang Guifang took his own life. Lin Zhu sent Jin Chan to the North Sea to bring Wen Zhong back to Chaoge, setting Jin Chan on a path toward conflict with the Western Sect.

• Long Xuhu’s boulders smashed the Chaoge camp defenses, and Huang Tianxiang killed Feng Lin in the ensuing raid.
• Zhang Guifang fought Huang Tianxiang and the Western Qi generals, then killed himself rather than be captured.
• Jiang Ziya returned to Xi Qi City, recorded the army’s merits, and celebrated the victory with the rescued generals.
• Lin Zhu summoned Jin Chan and ordered him to the North Sea to bring Wen Zhong back to Chaoge, warning that conflict with the Western Sect was likely.
• Jin Chan accepted Lin Zhu’s order and flew toward the North Sea, where Wen Zhong was struggling to defend Chaoge’s cities against Yuan Futong’s forces.

Jin Chan arrived at the North Sea front to prevent Yaoshi Buddha from obstructing Wen Zhong and confronted the rebels led by Yuan Futong. Yaoshi Buddha rushed to Yuan Futong’s camp after learning that Jin Chan had blocked the North Sea Allied Forces.

• Wen Zhong and Fu Hao discussed how to defend Silver Pass against Yuan Futong’s North Sea rebels.
• Yuan Futong challenged Wen Zhong and demanded that he let the rebels pass, but Wen Zhong refused and ordered Fu Hao back to defend the city.
• Jin Chan appeared and forced the rebel army to retreat more than a hundred li with his Quasi-Saint pressure.
• Jin Chan introduced himself as Lin Zhu’s Senior Disciple, joined Wen Zhong’s camp, and said he would meet the person behind Yuan Futong.
• Yaoshi Buddha arrived at Yuan Futong’s camp after hearing that Jin Chan had blocked the North Sea Allied Forces, and condemned Lin Zhu for interfering.

Yaoshi Buddha confronted Jin Chan over the North Sea army’s attack on Chaoge, but Jin Chan challenged him to a fight instead of yielding. Jin Chan’s body endured Yaoshi Buddha’s repeated blows, while their battle devastated the North Sea and left the karmic consequences on Spirit Mountain.

• Yaoshi Buddha went to Yuan Futong’s camp and, after hearing his account, flew to confront Jin Chan at the Shang Army’s main camp.
• Jin Chan sensed Yaoshi Buddha approaching and led him high above the North Sea to keep their fight from harming the soldiers.
• Jin Chan said the North Sea army should wait until Western Qi marched on Chaoge, and Yaoshi Buddha challenged him to a fight over the dispute.
• Jin Chan eagerly accepted and let Yaoshi Buddha strike his head with the Nine Rings Staff, testing his Indestructible Body of the Eight Nine Arcane Art.
• Yaoshi Buddha repeatedly smashed Jin Chan with the staff, but Jin Chan remained unharmed and mocked him.
• Their battle caused waves, floods, destroyed homes and fields, sank fishing boats, and flattened mountains; the resulting karmic consequences fell on Spirit Mountain.

Jin Chan defeated Yaoshi Buddha and collected the Glass Pagoda, then helped Wen Zhong awaken his Tongtian Divine Eye and taught him the Five Elements Escape Technique. He sent Wen Zhong toward Yellow Flower Mountain to find another fortuitous opportunity before returning to Chaoge.

• Yaoshi Buddha raised the Glass Pagoda to capture Jin Chan, but Jin Chan struck him with the Pangu Axe while the Sky Sweeping Bell shattered the pagoda's attack.
• Jin Chan sent Yaoshi Buddha flying and collected the Glass Pagoda, while Yaoshi Buddha declared that the North Sea Alliance would cease hostilities for now.
• Jin Chan arrived at Wen Zhong's camp and recognized that Wen Zhong's fortuitous opportunity had come.
• Jin Chan helped Wen Zhong open his Tongtian Divine Eye and taught him how to use its divine light.
• Jin Chan taught Wen Zhong the Five Elements Escape Technique and instructed him to visit Yellow Flower Mountain before returning to Chaoge.

After Zhang Guifang’s defeat reached Chaoge, Fei Zhong and You Hun persuaded Di Xin to appoint Lu Xiong to command the next campaign against Western Qi, hoping to send the old general to his death. Lu Xiong accepted the decree and named the two traitors as his deputy generals, forcing them to join the expedition.

• Wen Zhong handed command over to Fu Hao and set out with a few hundred guards for Yellow Flower Mountain.
• Fei Zhong and You Hun learned of Zhang Guifang’s defeat and urged Di Xin to send reinforcements against Western Qi.
• Di Xin dismissed the matter to Fei Zhong and You Hun, who chose Lu Xiong as commander to get rid of him.
• Di Xin appointed Lu Xiong to lead the campaign, and Lu Xiong requested two deputy generals.
• Lu Xiong named Fei Zhong and You Hun as his deputies and ordered them to prepare to march to Western Qi.

Fei Zhong and You Hun joined Lu Xiong’s ill-equipped campaign against Xiqi, where Lu Xiong punished them for their treatment of the soldiers. Lin Zhu sent Mo Xie to destroy the villains’ souls before they could reach the Investiture of the Gods Platform, while Yaoshi Buddha traveled toward Jizhou and encountered Zheng Lun’s mountain.

• Fei Zhong and You Hun helped raise one hundred thousand civilian troops for Lu Xiong’s expedition against Xiqi.
• Lu Xiong summoned Fei Zhong and You Hun, accused them of exhausting the soldiers, and ordered each to receive twenty military strokes.
• Lin Zhu learned that Fei Zhong and You Hun were destined for Divine Positions and decided to prevent their souls from reaching the Investiture of the Gods Platform.
• Lin Zhu ordered Mo Xie to wait along the army’s route and destroy Fei Zhong and You Hun’s souls after they died.
• Yaoshi Buddha headed toward Jizhou and came upon the mountain where the Profound Immortal Zheng Lun lived.

Yaoshi Buddha recruited Zheng Lun and joined Su Hu in planning Jizhou’s attack on Chong Houhu. Jizhou’s army reached Chong City, where the startled Chong Houhu began gathering his generals.

• Yaoshi Buddha trapped Zheng Lun in the Golden Bowl, compelled him to become his disciple, and brought him toward Jizhou.
• Su Hu and his generals discussed taking Chong Houhu’s territory, and Su Quanzhong proposed attacking it.
• Yaoshi Buddha arrived with Zheng Lun and urged Su Hu to strike while Jizhou lacked support from Chaoge.
• Su Hu’s army marched against Chong City and camped outside its walls.
• Chong Houhu learned that Jizhou’s troops had arrived and ordered the drums beaten to gather his generals.

Su Hu's Jizhou army defeated Chong Houhu's forces outside Chong City and then crushed their midnight raid after Zheng Lun warned Su Hu of the attack. As the armies settled into a stalemate, Lin Zhu sent Long Ji to save Chong Heihu if his life came under threat and bring him to Western Qi.

• Chong Houhu led his army out of Chong City, where Su Quanzhong killed Mei Wu and Jizhou's forces routed the defenders.
• Huang Yuanji proposed a midnight raid, but Zheng Lun foresaw it and helped Su Hu prepare an ambush that devastated Chong Houhu's army.
• Chong Yingbiao urged Chong Houhu to request reinforcements from his uncle Chong Heihu, and Chong Houhu sent a letter to Caozhou.
• Lin Zhu learned of the events at Chong City and summoned Long Ji to rescue Chong Heihu if he was endangered and take him to Western Qi.

As Lu Xiong’s Chaoge army reached Qi Mountain in scorching heat, Jiang Ziya led Western Qi’s forces to the summit and performed rituals that brought snow and then a devastating flood. The Chaoge troops were trapped in the rising waters as Jiang Ziya froze Qi Mountain in ice.

• Long Ji left Hunyuan Saint Lin Zhu and headed to Chong City to await Chong Heihu.
• Lu Xiong’s army crossed the Five Passes and reached Qi Mountain after learning that Zhang Guifang had been defeated and killed himself.
• Jiang Ziya ordered Nan Gongshi and Wu Ji to take eight thousand troops to the mountaintop and prepare padded coats and bamboo hats.
• Jiang Ziya performed a ritual that brought fierce winds and heavy snow, burying the Chaoge camp beneath deep snow.
• After learning the snow’s depth, Jiang Ziya ended the snowfall, causing snowmelt to surge down the mountain and trap the Chaoge army in floodwater.
• Jiang Ziya performed another ritual, freezing Qi Mountain as snow continued to fall.

Jiang Ziya froze the Chaoge army and executed Lu Xiong, Fei Zhong, and You Hun, while Mo Xie destroyed the two treacherous ministers’ souls before they could enter the Investiture of the Gods Platform. Meanwhile, Jin Chan persuaded Shen Gongbao to abandon his plan to help Jiang Ziya and recruit cultivators for Chaoge, promising him a powerful Spell Talisman.

• Jiang Ziya’s Daoist arts froze the hundred thousand Chaoge soldiers, and Nan Gongshi and Wu Ji captured Lu Xiong, Fei Zhong, and You Hun.
• Jiang Ziya ordered the three commanders beheaded, and Bai Jian guided Lu Xiong’s soul onto the Investiture of the Gods Platform.
• Mo Xie blocked Fei Zhong and You Hun, condemned their crimes, and destroyed their souls with his sword.
• Jin Chan met Shen Gongbao above the East Sea and learned that Shen Gongbao was traveling to Western Qi to assist Jiang Ziya.
• Jin Chan persuaded Shen Gongbao to go to Chaoge and recruit cultivators, offering him a Spell Talisman after Shen Gongbao swore an oath.