Recaps

Su became Eastern Sovereign Taiyi and created a divine order, but Yuan’s sacrifice destroyed Jing and left him guarding Fengdu. As Fang Qing spread the Mystic Dao and Great Chu rose against Northern Qi, the King of Qi gained the Xiang Lord rank and drew Eastern Sovereign Taiyi’s judgment.

• Su banished Zhou, appointed Xia Qi hegemon, helped Yue become a Grand Witch, and later ascended as Eastern Sovereign Taiyi after sacrificing Fei.
• Yuan’s blood sacrifice destroyed Jing, elevated him to Mountain Ghost, and left him imprisoned in Fengdu to guard the Nine Extremities while hoping his mother could someday reincarnate.
• Man pursued the Deathless Grass and a Deathless Elixir, but Jiang stole the elixir, and Man died as a mountain outside Qi’s capital.
• Fang Qing taught the Mystic Dao, bestowed Auxiliary Seats, and sent Sangji to spread the Earth Esoteric Sect across the Western Continent.
• Shi Tianzun founded Great Chu, while Shi Tianfeng gained the Bane Star seat and the Mysterious Primordial Water-Control Banner.
• Shi Tianfeng confronted Grand Witch Xiang at the Xiang River and forced Northern Qi’s shamans to withdraw, giving Chu time to prepare its campaign.
• The King of Qi defeated Grand Witch Xiang with the Dark Shaman Cauldron and Northern Qi’s national fortune, becoming the Xiang Lord.
• Eastern Sovereign Taiyi declared that Northern Qi must fall and Great Chu’s era would begin as a violet flame approached Qi Capital.

Shi Taiyi rose through the upheavals that followed Chu’s fall, while Fang Qing began a war between the Eastern and Western gods and Shi Taiyi lost the Bronze Mirror. The arc left Shi Taiyi with a possible path to the Rahu seat and a new chance to advance.

• Shi Tianzun conquered Qi, attained the Dao as the Bright Flame Radiance-World Imperial Lord, and left Shi Tianfeng to oversee Great Chu.
• Fang Qing guided Young Master Yu into the Nether Bureau to retrieve Xiong Mi, but she became a stone statue as Young Master Yu escaped after his companions sacrificed themselves.
• After Featherflight Sect’s True Lord died, Young Master Yu attained the Dao of [Nether Warden], and Fang Qing reversed time to make his success possible.
• Shi Taiyi discovered the Bronze Mirror, gained power from its hall, and survived the Phoenix Lord’s destruction of Chu Capital before fleeing with Shi Tianfeng.
• Shi Liugen returned from the future and warned Shi Taiyi about the Witchcraft Gu Catastrophe and the coming God-Sealing War.
• Fang Qing trapped the Lunar Yin Year Guardian behind the Veil, captured most Western gods, and declared the God-Sealing War as Later Chu sent an expedition west.
• Lady Moon emerged in Green Hill Heaven, claimed three Golden Seats, and fought the Sky Fox Great Sage while Shi Taiyi lost the Bronze Mirror and returned to the Jianghuai Lands.
• Shi Liugen brought Shi Taiyi an Eye of Kuiqi, leading him to Yinghuo Rahu True Lord, while Shi Tianzun revealed that Shi Taiyi might cultivate to take his place at the [Rahu] seat.