Recaps

Li Changshou led the Heavenly Court’s allied forces against the Demon Race, shattering their morale and destroying the Demon Emperor’s Seal before asking the Jade Emperor for permission to attack. The battle began with Li Changshou joining the fray in his true body, while the Jade Emperor watched from above.

• Li Changshou assembled Heavenly Court troops alongside Dragon Clan experts, Wu Tribe battle shamans, and Underworld forces at the Northern Continent Border.
• Li Changshou offered demons with clean records a chance to leave, but a winged demon killed those who tried to flee and challenged the Heavenly Court’s authority.
• Li Changshou revealed the Demon Emperor’s Seal and cut it in two with the Heavenly Dao Divine Authority Sword.
• After the demons refused to surrender, the Jade Emperor authorized Li Changshou to attack, and Li Changshou detonated nine prepared spiritual-energy explosions that devastated the demon formation.
• Li Changshou ordered the demons exterminated, then entered the battle in his true body after Bai Ze struck him with lightning.

After the Heavenly Court crushed the Demon Race, Li Changshou weighed the victory’s benefits to his Dao and prepared for the Jade Emperor’s order that he take up a post at the Moon Palace. The chapter ended with him devising ways to avoid rumors there and writing a backup plan after Ling'e invited him to try her soup.

• Li Changshou directed the Heavenly Court’s forces to defeat the Demon Race and deliberately left an escape route toward Western Ox Continent, hoping to force Western Teachings to choose whether to shelter the fleeing demons.
• Li Changshou reported the victory to the Jade Emperor, who rewarded him with merit and again ordered him to take up his Moon Palace post.
• Daoist Wen Jing showed a silver-haired girl the battlefield, while Li Changshou returned to Black Pool Peak with Bai Ze and explained that his ultimate balancing technique could equalize lifespans at the cost of risking his own life.
• Bai Ze told Zhao Gongming that Li Changshou’s caution made him feel safer, and Zhao Gongming briefly mistook their exchange before Bai Ze returned to his true form.
• Li Changshou considered how the Moon Palace assignment might affect his ties to Jie Teaching and planned to provoke rumors of discord with Heng'e, including drafting a document about preparing rabbit meat to frighten Jade Rabbit.
• Ling'e asked Li Changshou to try her soup, and he agreed before writing a backup plan titled “Supreme Clarity Pure Yang Boy Divine Art · Abridged Edition.”

Li Changshou traveled to the Moon Palace to serve as its Chief Instructor for ten years and met Wu Gang and the Jade Rabbit on the way. He arrived, unsettled the Jade Rabbit with a joke about cooking rabbit, and opened a live transmission to show the Heavenly Court what the Moon Palace was really like.

• Li Changshou prepared for his assignment, sent Ao Yi ahead to the Taiyin Star, and set out for the Moon Palace despite Lingzhu Zi's concerns.
• Li Changshou met Wu Gang beneath the Moon Laurel Tree, discussed the ancient human battles, and heard the Jade Rabbit complain about the Water God's appointment.
• The Jade Rabbit reached the Moon Palace ahead of Li Changshou, listened to the fairies praise him, and realized he was the old man she had called an old pervert.
• Li Changshou arrived before the Chang'e, set up a barbecue grill, and frightened the Jade Rabbit by showing her a book about preparing rabbit meat.
• When Heng'e stayed away and sent the Jade Rabbit in her place, Li Changshou questioned the attendant, then opened a Cloud Mirror transmission to the Heavenly Court and began his ten-year stay.

Li Changshou investigated the Western Teachings’ influence across the Three Thousand Worlds and devised a plan to establish Lin Tian Hall. At the Moon Palace, he advised Fairy Yunhua about her love for Yang Tianyou, then discovered she had become caught up in calamity fortune.

• The Jade Emperor laughed at Li Changshou’s Moon Palace antics, then discussed the approaching Great Cataclysm and the investigation into Fu Yuan with Wood Duke.
• Li Changshou worked as an instructor at the Moon Palace, restrained Bian Zhuang after he repeatedly made excuses to visit, and secretly sent disguised Paper Daoists to investigate the Three Thousand Worlds.
• Li Changshou discovered the Western Teachings had spread their influence across many Great Thousand Worlds and proposed secretly building a Heavenly Court force called Lin Tian Hall.
• Longji brought Fairy Yunhua to Li Changshou, who advised her to speak honestly with the Jade Emperor about her love for Yang Tianyou and warned Longji not to interfere.
• Li Changshou and Qin Tianzhu found calamity fortune around Fairy Yunhua, and the Jade Emperor told Li Changshou to watch over her while vowing to make Yang Tianyou suffer.

Li Changshou investigated the plot surrounding Fairy Yunhua and helped the Jade Emperor prepare for her marriage to Yang Tianyou. When disguised Heavenly Soldiers murdered Yang Tianyou and his eldest son during their arrest, Li Changshou killed Immortal Weng Fuyuan after accusing him of going too far.

• Li Changshou investigated Yang Tianyou’s past lives and the Matchmaker’s records, finding that Immortal Weng Fuyuan had cultivated ties with the Matchmaker before Fairy Yunhua and Yang Tianyou’s match.
• Fairy Yunhua secretly descended to the mortal world and reunited with Yang Tianyou, and Li Changshou proposed a fabricated love story and public punishment to manage the consequences.
• Seven years later, Heavenly Court rumors spread about Fairy Yunhua’s marriage, and the Jade Emperor ordered Yang Tianyou’s family brought before him.
• A Heavenly Soldier attacked Yang Tianyou during the arrest; disguised attackers killed Yang Tianyou and his eldest son, while Li Changshou’s Paper Daoists protected Fairy Yunhua, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan.
• Li Changshou confronted Immortal Weng Fuyuan in the Hall of Supreme Harmony and spoke five words that caused him to disintegrate: “You went too far, Martial Uncle.”

Li Changshou managed the aftermath of the attack on Fairy Yunhua’s family while concealing that a Western Saint had orchestrated it. As Yang Jian entered Chan Teaching’s care, Li Changshou sought Houtu’s help to restore Yang Tianyou’s shattered soul.

• After Grand Master Xuandu destroyed himself in the Hall of Exalted Peace, Li Changshou accused Fairy Yunhua of breaking heavenly rules and secured her thousand-year suppression beside Jade Lake, protecting her children in the process.
• Li Changshou secretly guarded Yang Jian and Yang Chan until True Lord Yu Ding brought the siblings to Jade Void Palace and agreed to take Yang Jian as his disciple.
• Li Changshou traveled to Fengdu City with one hundred and eight demon soldiers to ask Houtu to use her Seven Emotions Dao Fruit to repair their Dao hearts.
• After learning that rumors blamed Heavenly Court and Li Changshou for the deaths in Fairy Yunhua’s family, Yunxiao sent Qiongxiao to investigate and learned that a Sage had likely intervened.
• Li Changshou asked Houtu to restore Yang Tianyou using the one soul and one spirit he had preserved, and Houtu said the process would take one or two hundred years.

Li Changshou advised the Jade Emperor on how to turn Saint Zhunti’s schemes involving Fairy Yunhua and Yang Jian into leverage against the Western Sect. The Jade Emperor agreed to pursue the right to preside over the Investiture of the Gods, while Li Changshou returned to the Netherworld unaware that an honored guest had left the Moon Palace in anger.

• Li Changshou left the Netherworld after discovering that the Jade Emperor had urgently summoned him to the Hall of Exalted Peace.
• The Jade Emperor angrily complained about Saint Zhunti and Western Teachings, and Li Changshou outlined lower, middle, and upper strategies for retaliation.
• Li Changshou revealed that Yang Jian had great destiny, had become True Lord Yu Ding’s disciple, and was being positioned by Saint Zhunti to oppose Heavenly Court.
• Li Changshou gave the Jade Emperor Image Recording Orbs documenting Fairy Yunhua’s story and explained how Heavenly Court could eventually turn Yang Jian’s hatred against the Western Sect or win him over.
• Li Changshou urged the Jade Emperor to seek the right to preside over the Investiture of the Gods and use the Yunhua affair to exclude Western Sect disciples from Heavenly Court’s divine positions.
• Li Changshou returned to the Netherworld to study restoring the demon soldiers’ emotions, while an honored guest left the Moon Palace angrily after receiving no response from him.

Li Changshou helped Empress Houtu restore the Seven Emotions to the ancient demonic soldiers, then let them choose their own futures; nineteen chose to serve him. Back in the Heavenly Court, he evaded the Moon Palace’s Chang’es and wondered why Heng’e had come to see him, considering whether to visit Guanghan Palace with a plan to bring more witnesses.

• Li Changshou and Empress Houtu used the Seven Emotions Incarnations to break the heart shackles of the demonic soldiers, restoring the memories and emotions of one hundred and eight ancient warriors.
• Li Changshou offered the warriors freedom to pursue new lives, reincarnation, or service, and many chose to dissolve their souls while nineteen pledged to serve him.
• Li Changshou took the nineteen Golden Immortal Realm demonic soldiers to Anshui City, then reminded Youqin Xuanya to prepare for her ascension to the Heavenly Court.
• Zhao Gongming and Bai Ze opened Fairy Yunxiao’s letter to Li Changshou, who read her message of understanding before returning his attention to the Heavenly Court.
• Li Changshou noticed the Chang’es competing for his attention in the Moon Palace and slipped away without learning why Heng’e had come to see him.
• Li Changshou wondered whether Heng’e had an important matter to discuss and considered visiting Guanghan Palace with more witnesses.

Li Changshou brought Lingzhu Zi to Guanghan Palace and publicly livestreamed his visit to show that he had nothing to hide. After meeting Heng'e and recognizing that she was an incarnation, he discovered the eccentric woman behind it and quietly returned with a broken Image Recording Orb.

• Li Changshou took Lingzhu Zi to Guanghan Palace and arranged for the bronze mirrors to broadcast their visit to the Heavenly Court.
• Li Changshou introduced Wu Gang and the Moon Laurel Tree to the watching immortals before the Jade Rabbit escorted them into Guanghan Palace.
• Heng'e appeared before Li Changshou, asked him to help her, and tried to persuade him to stay while he kept his answers cautious.
• Li Changshou realized that Heng'e was an incarnation and secretly investigated a pavilion beneath Guanghan Palace.
• Li Changshou found an eccentric woman boasting about making the Water God her servant, withdrew, then returned with a broken Image Recording Orb.

Li Changshou met the true Heng'e beneath Guanghan Palace and learned that she wanted help finding a person she remembered only as a possible master or elder brother. He agreed to share any clues he found, then left with Lingzhu Zi while Heng'e watched them go.

• Li Changshou discovered Heng'e's hidden true body, survived her attack, and persuaded her to dress and speak with him privately.
• Heng'e asked Li Changshou to keep secret what he had overheard about a man above Wood Duke, then revealed that she had awoken after ten thousand years to find herself separated from Da Yi and the old story about them false.
• Heng'e explained that she could not remember the person she sought, only that someone had urged her to struggle against her fate and might have been her master or elder brother.
• Li Changshou agreed to tell Heng'e if he learned the person's identity or found any trace of him, and reminded her that the Heavenly Court immortals were waiting above.
• Heng'e performed a dance for Li Changshou before he departed with Lingzhu Zi, and she watched him leave, calling him a good person.

After expanding the Heavenly Court’s bronze-mirror broadcasts and arranging Youqin Xuanya’s transfer, Li Changshou warned his allies about the coming great calamity and prepared to monitor Yang Jian’s training. The chapter ended when Taiqing Dao Charm appeared in his heart, summoning him with the words “Taiqing.”

• Li Changshou decided to begin developing Lingzhu Zi and promised to introduce him to friends after settling current affairs.
• Li Changshou organized a bronze-mirror broadcast network in the Heavenly Court, which quickly became popular and began promoting recruitment across the Eastern Continent of Sheng.
• Li Changshou gathered allies at Black Pool Peak to celebrate Youqin Xuanya’s coming departure, warned them that the great calamity could engulf many immortal sects, and gave them precautions against Truth Listener.
• Li Changshou arranged for Youqin Xuanya to leave for the Heavenly Court and sent a Paper Daoist to find True Lord Yu Ding and keep watch on Yang Jian’s path.
• Li Changshou received a message from Taiqing Dao Charm that condensed the two characters “Taiqing” in his heart.

Li Changshou visited Taiqing Temple after Grand Pure One Laozi summoned him, where they discussed the Investiture of the Gods, the taboo, the Western Sect, and Yunxiao. He returned to Lesser Qiong Peak three years later with a gift for Ling'e and claimed Laozi had taught him Taiqing's Way of Non-Action.

• Li Changshou prepared to visit Taiqing Temple, left Bai Ze to watch Lesser Qiong Peak, and paid respects to his master's Spirit Tablet before departing.
• Li Changshou traveled beyond the Nine Heavens, reached Taiqing Temple, and bowed before Grand Pure One Laozi.
• Laozi summoned Li Changshou to accompany him to the Purple Sky Palace discussion about the Investiture of the Gods and warned him that he knew too much, while affirming his role in the Great Dao of Balance.
• Li Changshou asked Laozi about the Western Sect and Yunxiao, and Laozi gave him an escape art while discussing possible Human Teaching recruits.
• Three years later, Li Changshou returned to Lesser Qiong Peak and gave Ling'e a Fine-mouthed Jade Bottle, telling her Laozi had accepted her as a nominal disciple.

Li Changshou sent Youqin Xuanya to the Heavenly Court with a staged heroic arrival, then visited True Lord Yu Ding to ensure Yang Jian was not told the truth about his origins. As Wen Jing suddenly called him, Li Changshou began responding while still at Jade Spring Mountain.

• Li Changshou brought Youqin Xuanya to Black Pool Peak, praised her resolve, and prepared her to enter the Heavenly Court as a demon-slaying hero.
• Li Changshou and Bai Ze staged Youqin Xuanya’s exhausted arrival at the Eastern Heavenly Gate, where Li Changshou brought her to the Water God’s Mansion.
• Li Changshou visited True Lord Yu Ding and True Lord Taiyi at Jade Spring Mountain, urging them to keep Yang Jian ignorant of his origins so he could cultivate toward serving the Heavenly Court.
• Li Changshou asked True Lord Yu Ding to watch over Yang Chan and promised to protect Yang Jian, then heard Wen Jing call him and began operating on two fronts.

Li Changshou learned that the Western Teachings planned to use Incense God Kingdoms and stored mortal souls to gain leverage over the Netherworld, and he began devising a countermeasure. After Youqin Xuanya recovered, he took her to see the Heavenly Court and asked Bian Zhuang to show him Tianya Pavilion, leaving Bian Zhuang terrified.

• Daoist Wen Jing reported that the Western Teachings planned to purge demons with karmic obstruction and exploit souls from the Three Thousand Worlds to establish another reincarnation site.
• Li Changshou revealed that he already knew about the Western Teachings’ Incense God Kingdoms and began planning how to brand them as a calamity and dismantle their scheme.
• Li Changshou left preparations for Yang Jian with True Lord Yu Ding, then secluded himself to analyze the Western Teachings’ plans.
• Youqin Xuanya recovered in the Water God’s Mansion, and Li Changshou took her to the Celestial River before planning to introduce her to the Jade Emperor.
• Li Changshou summoned Bian Zhuang and asked him to take him to Tianya Pavilion, prompting Bian Zhuang to drop to his knees and beg for mercy.

Li Changshou accompanied Bian Zhuang and Qin Tianzhu to Tianya Pavilion while arranging the creation of Lin Tian Hall to counter the Western Teachings in the Three Thousand Worlds. At Tianya Pavilion’s secret realm, Lü Yue recognized Li Changshou’s Paper Daoist and confronted him for visiting behind Yunxiao’s back.

• Li Changshou explained how the Jade Emperor approved Lin Tian Hall and gave him authority to use Heavenly Court resources, while Qin Tianzhu joined Li Changshou and Bian Zhuang on their journey to Tianya Pavilion.
• Bian Zhuang told Li Changshou and Qin Tianzhu about Tianya Pavilion’s origins, its voluntary romantic companions, and the Alliance of Vicious Women founded by his grandmother and her allies.
• Li Changshou recruited Bai Ze, Jiang Lin'er, Venerable Wangqing, and several of Venerable Wangqing’s disciples to help establish Lin Tian Hall.
• Li Changshou, Qin Tianzhu, and Bian Zhuang reached Tianya Pavilion’s secret realm, where guards recognized Bian Zhuang as the Young Pavilion Master and welcomed them inside.
• Lü Yue recognized Li Changshou’s Paper Daoist, identified himself as an expert from Nine Dragon Island, and accused Li Changshou of coming behind Senior Sister Yunxiao’s back.

Li Changshou visited Tianya Pavilion with Qin Tianzhu to recruit its forces for the Heavenly Court’s struggle against the Western Sect in the Three Thousand Worlds. Old Madam Bian agreed to consult the pavilion’s elders, while Li Changshou met Lü Yue and began explaining his plans.

• Li Changshou encountered Lü Yue at Tianya Pavilion, and Lü Yue wrongly accused him of visiting for pleasure while concealing his own frequent visits there.
• Old Madam Bian welcomed Li Changshou and Qin Tianzhu, then listened as Li Changshou explained the dangers facing Tianya Pavilion and asked it to work for the Heavenly Court.
• Old Madam Bian asked for two days to discuss the proposal with Tianya Pavilion’s elders, and Li Changshou asked Bian Zhuang to invite Lü Yue for a private talk.
• Li Changshou challenged Lü Yue to prove his identity, and Lü Yue recited private words Yunxiao had spoken about Li Changshou until Li Changshou apologized.
• Lü Yue agreed to hear Li Changshou’s important business, while Qin Tianzhu failed to get a look at Lü Yue’s cloth book.

Li Changshou questioned Lü Yue about his past and the Western Teachings while drinking with him at Tianya Pavilion, and concluded that Lü Yue was likely no Western spy. When the Western Teachings threatened Tianya Pavilion, Lü Yue chose to defend it, and Li Changshou prepared to help him strike back with a surprise plan.

• Li Changshou drew Lü Yue into conversation by discussing Poison Pills, and Lü Yue described how a pill-furnace explosion once tainted his Primordial Spirit with Evil Qi.
• Lü Yue explained his views on the Western Teachings and criticized several Chan Teaching disciples while praising heroes of the Jie Teaching.
• Qin Tianzhu revealed that Li Changshou wanted Tianya Pavilion to help the Heavenly Court oppose the Western Teachings in the Three Thousand Worlds.
• Bian Zhuang reported that the Western Teachings had threatened Tianya Pavilion and urged it to remain neutral.
• Lü Yue ordered Bian Zhuang to tell the Western Teachings that he would defend Tianya Pavilion, and Li Changshou offered him Treasure Pouches of tools for a surprise attack.

Li Changshou recruited Lü Yue to help defend Tianya Pavilion, teaching him covert poison tactics and persuading him to prepare an ambush against the Western Teachings. After Tianya Pavilion agreed to cooperate, the Western Teachings threatened to visit in three days, and Qin Tianzhu authorized Li Changshou and Lü Yue to strike back.

• Li Changshou impressed Lü Yue with covert methods for deploying poison, and Lü Yue gave him Golden Immortal poison pill formulas, Precious Medicine, and Poison Scriptures.
• Li Changshou and Lü Yue devised poison tactics, adopted disguises, and called themselves Harmonious Balance as they prepared to ambush Western Sect experts threatening Tianya Pavilion.
• Li Changshou persuaded Tianya Pavilion's elderly women to support the Heavenly Court and warned Old Madam Bian to watch two or three suspicious members.
• The Western Teachings threatened to visit Tianya Pavilion in three days, and Qin Tianzhu became angry while Li Changshou said he would find a way to resolve the crisis.
• Qin Tianzhu authorized Li Changshou and Lü Yue to use poison against their enemies and promised to shield them from karmic sin, while Li Changshou said more incarnations would arrive before the confrontation.

Li Changshou and Lü Yue ambushed the force gathered outside Heaven's End Secret Realm, using poison and Bian Zhuang's Nine-Tooth Rake to wipe out most of the invaders. The young Western Teachings expert escaped after Li Changshou struck him, and Tianya Pavilion prepared to deal with the remaining enemies.

• Li Changshou and Qin Tianzhu discussed the great tribulation and the strength of the Heavenly Court as enemy forces approached Tianya Pavilion.
• Li Changshou and Lü Yue hid near the enemy formation and secretly poisoned its experts while Bian Zhuang went out to confront them.
• Bian Zhuang claimed his Nine-Tooth Rake could ignite the karmic burden of hostile foes, and three Golden Immortals died as the enemy mocked him.
• Li Changshou and Lü Yue unleashed their poisons, incapacitating thousands of cultivators and killing the enemy's Golden Immortals.
• Li Changshou struck the young Daoist as he tried to escape, while another strike killed the old Daoist; the young Daoist nevertheless fled.
• Old Madam Bian ordered Tianya Pavilion to dispose of the remaining invaders and spread word that the pavilion would not tolerate trouble.

Li Changshou expanded his plans against the Western Teachings while recruiting Ling'e to help review the Anti-Western Immortal Dao Alliance. He then brought Lingzhu Zi to the Netherworld to introduce him to friends and submit a reform plan to the Yama Kings.

• Bian Zhuang's Nine-Tooth Rake became famous, while Li Changshou stayed in Heaven's End Secret Realm to build the Anti-Western Immortal Dao Alliance with Lü Yue as its first Vice Alliance Leader.
• The Western Teachings pulled back from Heaven's End Secret Realm and expanded elsewhere, giving Li Changshou more opportunities to recruit Three Thousand Worlds forces for the Heavenly Court.
• Li Changshou continued promoting the Heavenly Court and developing Lin Tian Hall as Youqin Xuanya advanced in the Thunder Department and Bai Ze's group contacted potential allies.
• Ling'e asked to help Li Changshou with his plans, and he assigned her to review faction information; she identified inconsistencies and suspicious ties to Western Teachings forces.
• Li Changshou took Lingzhu Zi to the Netherworld to introduce him to friends and submit the Jade Emperor-approved reform plan to the Yama Kings.

Li Changshou brought Lingzhu Zi to the Netherworld to learn the Wu Tribe’s masculine spirit while arranging for the Netherworld to join the Heavenly Court. Just as the Heavenly Dao granted merit for the reform, it postponed Li Changshou’s Merit Golden Body, leaving him to accept the delay.

• Li Changshou introduced Lingzhu Zi to Ox-Head and Horse-Face, asking them to help him become more masculine.
• Lingzhu Zi trained by brawling with Wu Tribe battle witches at A Slit of Sky, and Li Changshou left him with a Paper Daoist and spirit pills.
• Li Changshou gave the Netherworld Courage House plans to the Yama Kings and accompanied them to the Heavenly Court to submit a memorial placing the Netherworld under its authority.
• The Heavenly Dao recognized the reform by creating the Hall of the Five Sacred Mountains and granting merit to the ten Yama Kings and the hall’s divine seat.
• A purple bolt of lightning told Li Changshou that his Merit Golden Body was owed for now, and he accepted the postponement.

Li Changshou worried that the Heavenly Dao was withholding his Merit Golden Body and received counsel from the Yama Kings about keeping his Dao independent of merit. He later discovered that Lin Tian Hall had chosen Jiu Jiu as its Saintess, leaving him doubtful about the organization’s direction.

• Li Changshou considered why the Heavenly Dao had delayed his Merit Golden Body, then worshiped the Taiqing Portrait and received the message to rest easy.
• The Jade Emperor appointed the ten Yama Kings as Orthodox Gods, and Li Changshou arranged for them to return to the Netherworld with an escort.
• King Qin Guang explained the Heavenly Dao’s origins and transformations, then advised Li Changshou not to let merit taint his Dao.
• Li Changshou saw Lingzhu Zi feasting with Ox-Head and Horse-Face and noticed that the Netherworld House was being built near Fengdu City.
• Li Changshou observed Bai Ze lead a Lin Tian Hall gathering where members voted between Jiu Yiyi and Jiu Shi for Saintess.
• Jiu Jiu said she could choose neither, but the crowd rallied behind her, and Bai Ze and Venerable Wangqing accepted her as Lin Tian Hall’s Saintess.

Li Changshou corrected Lin Tian Hall’s recruitment methods, organized the Anti-Western Immortal Dao Alliance, and transformed the Netherworld’s Hall of Courage Testing into a haunted training ground for Lingzhu Zi. A sudden sensation connected to the Blood Sea led him to mobilize troops, while the Grand Pure Sage sent him several powerful treasures, including the Taiji Diagram.

• Li Changshou reprimanded Bai Ze for using the Soul-Refining Curse Technique to recruit cultivators and urged Lin Tian Hall to build its foundation in a way the Heavenly Dao would recognize.
• Li Changshou set the first gathering of the Anti-Western Immortal Dao Alliance and then traveled to the Netherworld to inspect the Hall of Courage Testing.
• Li Changshou remade the hall with layered arrays, eerie sounds, and Wu Tribe performers; King Chu Jiang tested it and was frightened despite his status as a Yama King.
• Li Changshou saw Lingzhu Zi practicing Witch Race Combat Techniques, then sensed a major event connected to the Blood Sea and ordered King Chu Jiang to mobilize troops for battle.
• The Grand Pure Sage sent Li Changshou the Xuanhuang Pagoda, the Universe Ruler, the Earth-Leaving Flame Light Banner, and the Taiji Diagram, while a Great Mage in Xuandu City wondered where the diagram had gone.

Li Changshou gathered powerful allies in the Netherworld after learning that the Western Teachings planned to disrupt reincarnation and establish a second Reincarnation Hall. He proposed concealing the group’s tracks inside the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, while True Lord Yu Ding immobilized the reluctant True Lord Taiyi to bring him along.

• Li Changshou secured Ling'e’s safety at Du Xian Sect and hurried to the Netherworld after sensing an unusual disturbance in the Blood Sea.
• Li Changshou summoned True Person Huang Long, True Lord Taiyi, Duobao, Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Kong Xuan, and others to Fengdu City.
• Li Changshou told the gathered experts that the Western Teachings planned to release trapped souls, obstruct the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and create a second reincarnation in the Blood Sea.
• Duobao entered Li Changshou’s Courage Trial Hall and emerged frightened but impressed, then urged the others to try it.
• Li Changshou proposed using the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk to conceal the group’s tracks before striking the Western Teachings’ scheme.
• True Lord Taiyi refused to enter the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, so True Lord Yu Ding immobilized him and prepared to take him along.

Li Changshou persuaded Houtu to reject the Western Teachings’ second reincarnation and prepared to investigate their scheme in the Blood Sea. He left disguised as a lizard, backed by a group of experts and several safeguards against a possible Saint’s ambush.

• Houtu told Li Changshou and the gathered experts that a Saint had shifted the Great Dao of Reincarnation and that the Western Teachings appeared to be building another reincarnation cycle.
• Li Changshou showed the experts the Western Teachings’ Incense God Kingdoms and explained how their influence over mortal believers and accumulated souls threatened the living and the Dao Sect.
• Li Changshou proposed rescuing the souls before the Western Teachings could release them, and Houtu agreed to reject the second reincarnation and lent him her Grass Ring.
• Li Changshou put the experts, including Kong Xuan, inside his Glazed Pagoda and disguised himself with Daoist Lu Ya’s appearance and aura before asking Houtu to send him outside Fengdu City.
• Li Changshou transformed into an Asura girl and then a tiny, invisible lizard, entering the Blood Sea while relying on the gathered experts and his safeguards to delay any Saint’s attack until his own Saint could arrive.