Recaps

Li Changshou forced the Western Teachings survivors at Spirit Mountain to swear a Great Dao Oath and then left with Truth Listener as the Dao Sect factions departed. Later, he met Ksitigarbha at the Reincarnation Pagoda, where they discussed the Heavenly Dao’s role in the coming conflict before Li Changshou turned the conversation into a joke.

• Kasyapa challenged the Dao Sect’s actions, but Li Changshou pressed the Western Teachings survivors to swear an oath not to attack the Dao Sect.
• The Western Teachings swore the Great Dao Oath, and Li Changshou declared he would no longer scheme against them if they honored it.
• Li Changshou warned Guang Chengzi and Jin Ling that he could not favor either the Chan Teaching or the Jie Teaching in the Great Cataclysm.
• The immortals departed, and blue-green true flames consumed the remaining corpses at Spirit Mountain.
• At the Reincarnation Pagoda, Li Changshou spared Ksitigarbha punishment and discussed how the Heavenly Dao would pit the Dao Sect against itself.
• Li Changshou began chatting with Yun, then teased Truth Listener by telling it to shapeshift and dance.

After the Western Teachings were devastated, Li Changshou guarded Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Zhao Gongming and awaited the return of the missing Saints and senior disciples. The Great Mage and Duobao returned from the Chaos Sea, but as Li Changshou withdrew to plan, the Chaos Bell arrived outside Lesser Qiong Peak.

• Li Changshou met Yunxiao and Qiongxiao at the Sea God Temple, warned them to stay cautious during the coming cataclysm, and secretly escorted them and Zhao Gongming toward Golden Ao Island.
• Jieyin, Lord Tongtian, and Zhunti returned to the Primordial Wilderness; Jieyin and Zhunti found Spirit Mountain devastated and sealed it off.
• Daoist Duobao and the Great Mage returned, and the Great Mage told Li Changshou how he and Duobao had held Zhunti back in the Chaos Sea.
• Li Changshou recounted the Western Teachings' losses to the Great Mage, then withdrew to the Thatched Cottage to plan.
• The Chaos Bell appeared outside the Lesser Qiong Peak Grand Array and bombarded it with Spiritual Sense.

The Chaos Bell arrived at Lesser Qiong Peak and persuaded Li Changshou to let it stay, though he refused to wield its power. After the Great Mage left, Li Changshou learned that Huo Ling had come to see him at the South Heaven Gate, possibly about the Southern Continent of Buzhou.

• The Chaos Bell’s spirit asked to join Li Changshou, and he questioned her motives before agreeing to let her stay at Lesser Qiong Peak.
• Li Changshou swore not to activate the Chaos Bell’s power and arranged for Ling'e to attend to it.
• After half a year of rest, the Great Mage discussed the coming Chan-Jie Conflict with Li Changshou and returned to Xuandu City with Kong Xuan.
• Li Changshou escorted the Great Mage and Kong Xuan to the Eastern Heavenly Gate and gave his senior brother several Treasure Pouches.
• A heavenly general reported that Huo Ling was waiting outside the South Heaven Gate, and Li Changshou ordered her brought to the Immortal Welcoming Hall.

Li Changshou arranged a lesson on Shang Kingdom’s mortal government for disciples of the Jie and Chan Teachings, with the Jade Emperor’s approval. Meanwhile, Li Jing searched the capital for the female general he had fallen in love with and rushed toward Lord Star Lord when he sensed him nearby.

• Holy Mother Huoling asked Li Changshou for guidance on the Investiture of the Gods calamity and how the Jie Teaching could establish influence in Shang Kingdom.
• Li Changshou proposed a fair lecture for two disciples each from the Jie and Chan Teachings, then received the Jade Emperor’s approval to proceed.
• Three days later, Li Changshou descended to Shang Kingdom’s capital with Marshal Quan Tong, Longji, and Youqin Xuanya, where Holy Mother Huoling, Wen Zhong, Yang Jian, and a Jade Void Palace immortal joined them.
• Li Changshou introduced the group and began explaining Shang Kingdom’s government and the history of mortal rule.
• Li Jing recalled falling in love with a female general and searching for her for more than half a year before reaching the capital.
• Li Jing sensed Lord Star Lord nearby, rushed toward the western city gate, and resolved to show him what he had learned.

Li Changshou led a group of immortals through Shang State’s capital while explaining its history and political structure. Li Jing mistook Li Changshou’s guidance for a sign that he wanted a son, and the chapter ended with rumors spreading and Li Jing repeatedly acquiring valuable treasures by chance.

• Li Changshou explained the Shang Kingdom’s vassal system and the forces that restrained the King of Shang as he led the immortals through the capital.
• Li Jing interpreted Li Changshou’s guidance and fatherhood booklets as an invitation to become his son, then knelt and called him Father.
• Quan Tong suggested that Li Jing call Li Changshou his Adoptive Father, and Li Changshou accepted after Taiqing Dao Charm urged him to do so.
• Rumors spread that Li Jing might be Li Changshou’s biological son, and Zheng Lun told True Lord Du'e that Li Changshou had secretly arranged Li Jing’s upbringing.
• Yunxiao questioned Qiongxiao and Bixiao about the rumors while Li Changshou checked the Book of Life and Death and saw Li Jing repeatedly receiving Postnatal Merit Spirit Treasures.

Li Changshou contained the rumors about Li Jing, then advised him on protecting Chentang Town and pursuing Miss Yin. The chapter ended with the Great Mage and Kong Xuan joking about fatherhood in Xuandu City.

• Li Changshou and Yunxiao discussed Li Jing’s mistaken belief that Li Changshou was his birth father, and Li Changshou investigated how the misunderstanding began.
• The Jade Emperor asked Li Changshou how to handle the rumors, and Li Changshou arranged a campaign that ended with the Heavenly Court clarifying Li Jing’s origins and Li Changshou formally accepting him as an adopted son.
• Li Changshou met Li Jing near the Capital City of Shang State, warned him to be careful, and advised him to gather nearby people, establish Chentang Pass, and seek the King of Shang’s protection.
• Li Changshou gave Li Jing information about Miss Yin and warned him not to force her with Immortal methods.
• The Great Mage laughed at Li Changshou’s reaction when Li Jing called him father, and Kong Xuan teased the Great Mage about becoming a father.

Li Changshou quietly built a position in the Shang Kingdom’s court while the war and his plans against the Western Teachings continued to develop. He encountered Wen Zhong in Great Yin City, and Guang Chengzi began investigating the succession to the Shang throne.

• Li Changshou reflected on the Heavenly Court’s growing strength and learned that Wen Jing had become Vice Sect Master of the weakened Western Teachings, where she awaited a future order from Taiqing Lord.
• Li Changshou attended the Shang court as a Grand Historian and found Wen Zhong serving as a rotating record keeper, then reminded him to record the council proceedings correctly.
• Wen Zhong learned that Li Changshou had risen from a scholar to one of the Shang Kingdom’s Six Ministers in only three years.
• At Jade Void Palace, Guang Chengzi asked about the current King of Shang’s remaining years and learned that Zi Xian was expected to succeed him, with Xu Yu and Bi Gan as his brothers.

Li Changshou watched Chan Teaching’s attempt to make Bi Gan king fail, then helped secure Zi Shou’s succession through Shang court precedent and a staged divination. Years later, Black Panther left seclusion to seek company, unaware that someone had noticed his departure.

• Li Changshou observed Daoist Cihang grant Bi Gan the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart, then watched Bi Gan’s supporters fail to prevent Zi Xian from ascending the throne.
• Li Changshou’s Paper Daoist argued that Zi Shou was the eldest legitimate son, and a female priest’s divination confirmed him as heir.
• Li Changshou revealed to Daoist Cihang that the divination had been prepared by human schemes and warned her to tell Guang Chengzi that mortal affairs differed from immortal calculations.
• Several years later, lonely Black Panther left his cave to seek companionship, while an unseen observer watched him depart.

Li Changshou befriended the lonely Black Panther, who abandoned his old identity and renamed himself Shen Bao, while planning to guide his future role in the Investiture of the Gods. He then pursued Xu Bodhi to the edge of the Primordial Wilderness, where Xu Bodhi fled into the Chaos Sea rather than surrender the Seven Arrows Book of Nail Heads.

• Li Changshou used a Paper Daoist to meet Black Panther after Black Panther left Golden Ao Island, and the two bonded over their past-life memories and loneliness.
• Black Panther gave up the name Yuan Ze, renamed himself Shen Bao, and set out toward the Western Ox Continent after drinking with Li Changshou for sixteen days.
• Li Changshou continued arranging pieces for the Investiture of the Gods and considered the competing feudal states that might replace the Shang Kingdom.
• Li Changshou, Bai Ze, and Jin Peng cornered Xu Bodhi near the boundary of the Three Thousand Worlds and blocked his escape into the Chaos Sea with a curtain of lightning.
• Li Changshou demanded the Seven Arrows Book of Nail Heads, but Xu Bodhi denied having it and fled through the lightning curtain into the Chaos Sea.

Li Changshou reflected on Xu Bodhi’s likely possession of the Seven Arrows Book of Nail Heads and prepared for the coming Investiture of the Gods calamity. As the mortal world’s events unfolded according to his arrangements, Shen Bao triggered a Golden Immortal Tribulation and recognized its ominous rank.

• Li Changshou told Bai Ze that Xu Bodhi likely carried the Seven Arrows Book of Nail Heads back to Spirit Mountain, and discussed preserving the Dao Sect through the coming war.
• Li Changshou asked Bai Ze to tell Martial Uncle Jiu that he planned to retire to the Chaos Sea after the calamity, while Bai Ze and Jin Peng voiced their willingness to accompany or support him.
• Li Changshou destroyed his plans and monitored events across the Primordial Wilderness as the Investiture of the Gods countdown advanced, observing Shen Bao, King Zhou, Wen Zhong, Li Jing, and the Dragon Clan.
• The Eastern Sea Dragon King placed an egg in the empty Dragon Nest and told two ancient dragons that the Dragon Clan could only trust Taibai Star Lord.
• Shen Bao drew down a Golden Immortal Tribulation, recognized it as the seventeenth-ranked Eight Desolations and Eight Calls Heart Fiend Tribulation, and lamented that he was doomed.

Shen Bao survived his irregular heavenly tribulation and was taken back to Kunlun Mountains, while Jiang Shang left his mortal household to join Immortal Nanjixian at Jade Void Palace. Li Changshou then learned that Jin Zha was about to be born and hurried to play his part as a household servant.

• Shen Bao endured a bizarre series of heavenly tribulation bolts before White Crane Boy rescued him and carried him back to Kunlun Mountains.
• Li Changshou realized Shen Bao might become Jiang Shang's senior brother and watched Immortal Nanjixian invite Jiang Shang to Jade Void Palace.
• Jiang Shang hesitated to leave his wives and concubines, but they accepted their shares of the family fortune and let him go.
• Li Changshou and the Holy Mother Palace Fairy discussed Jiang Shang's departure, and Jiang Shang traveled with Immortal Nanjixian toward Kunlun Mountains.
• Li Changshou sensed that Jin Zha was about to be born and went out to deliver the news as a household servant.

Li Changshou monitored Li Jing’s household as Madam Yin gave birth to a son named Zha, then advised Wen Zhong on how Zi Shou should handle unrest in the Shang army. The chapter left Wen Zhong considering Li Changshou’s warning not to become entangled in mortal affairs.

• On Lesser Qiong Peak, Ling'e, Longji, Xiong Lingli, Youqin Xuanya, and Bell Spirit played cards and discussed Li Changshou’s role in the Great Cataclysm.
• In Chentang Pass, Li Changshou’s Paper Daoist told Li Jing that Madam Yin had safely given birth to a boy, and Li Jing explained the meaning behind the name Zha.
• Li Changshou considered why Jie Teaching immortals had not appeared around Li Jing and resolved to remind them to seize opportunities in the cataclysm.
• Wen Zhong told Li Changshou that Zi Shou had punished generals for taking civilians as prisoners of war, risking political opposition in Chaoge City.
• Li Changshou advised Wen Zhong to have Zi Shou report the generals’ disobedience, avoid further controversy, and secretly seek Li Changshou’s counsel.
• Li Changshou warned Wen Zhong, a Jie Teaching disciple, not to become entangled in mortal affairs, leaving Wen Zhong momentarily stunned.

Li Changshou advised Prince Zi Shou and Wen Zhong on handling a military scandal and pursuing gradual reforms to strengthen Shang. Zi Shou left considering whether he would have to kill his elder brothers to secure the throne, while Youqin Xuanya continued losing spirit stones to Six Bamboo.

• Li Changshou hosted Wen Zhong and Prince Zi Shou in Chaoge, where Zi Shou explained that he had killed a general for violating orders against seizing commoners as prisoners.
• Li Changshou warned that abolishing slavery and reforming Shang too abruptly would provoke nobles, vassal lords, and other interests.
• Li Changshou advised Zi Shou to build support, secure military authority, and use alliances among vassal lords while pursuing gradual reforms.
• Li Changshou urged Zi Shou to present the general's execution as an act of benevolence and martial virtue, while concealing his broader ambitions until he gained power.
• Zi Shou asked whether he had to kill his elder brothers to claim the throne, and Li Changshou told him to follow his heart and remember Shang's ancestors.
• Youqin Xuanya continued playing Six Bamboo and nearly lost half the spirit stones she had earned at the Heavenly Court.

Li Changshou began identifying worthy Shang officials for the Heavenly Court while guiding Zi Shou through a court challenge that strengthened his standing. As Wen Zhong’s ties to Zi Shou drew the attention of both Chan and Jie Teaching, Li Changshou wondered whether the Grand Tutor could become a vulnerability.

• Li Changshou noticed Youqin Xuanya had lost her spirit stones to the Chaos Bell, then began compiling a record of capable Shang ministers for the Investiture of the Gods.
• Li Changshou considered how the Western Teachings might retaliate and connected their plans to Li Jing and the coming conflict between Chan and Jie Teaching.
• Sixteen generals accused Zi Shou of killing victorious generals, but Li Changshou recommended Bi Gan hear the case, and Bi Gan asked Zi Shou to explain himself.
• Zi Shou defended his actions, accused the generals of plotting against him, and accepted punishment while urging Di Yi to spare the other ministers; his speech won him support in Chaoge.
• Li Changshou overheard Wen Zhong warn Zi Shou that the Grand Historian was an immensely powerful immortal, then worried that Wen Zhong’s influence could create danger.
• Guang Chengzi and the Jade Void Palace immortals discussed Wen Zhong’s rise, while Daoist Duobao urged Holy Mother Jinling to ask whether her disciple had made progress in Chaoge.

Li Changshou watched the struggle between Chan Teaching and Jie Teaching over Chaoge City's succession, intervening when their schemes threatened the Human Emperor. After the Heavenly Court warned both sides not to disrupt the Shang court, the conflict resumed with bloodshed, while Manjushri arrived at Chentang Pass and summoned Li Jing.

• Wen Zhong returned from Biyou Palace with Jie Teaching's support for Zi Shou, while Chan Teaching began backing Wei Zi Qi and placing disciples near Zi Shou.
• Zi Shou and Wen Zhong helped Huang Feihu rise to command Chaoge City's outer-city forces, and Chan Teaching responded with omens meant to undermine Zi Shou.
• Li Changshou intervened when a Chan Teaching immortal proposed altering Di Yi's memories, and he arranged a grand sacrifice that drew both teachings into a confrontation.
• Youqin Xuanya appeared at the sacrifice on the Jade Emperor's command and warned both teachings not to use spell arts to disrupt the Shang court or tamper with the Human Emperor.
• Two months later, Huang Feihu's deputy general was assassinated, and Li Changshou continued limiting the struggle to Chan Teaching and Jie Teaching.
• Manjushri arrived at Li Mansion in Chentang Pass and called for Li Jing, interrupting Li Jing and Madam Yin's private conversation.

Li Jing resisted Manjushri’s first attempt to take Jin Zha as a disciple and spent a hundred days teaching his son about military life and responsibility. Two years later, Jin Zha became Manjushri’s disciple, while news arrived that King Shang Di Yi had ascended upon rosy clouds.

• Manjushri came to Li Jing’s home seeking Jin Zha as a disciple, but Li Jing refused and invoked the teachings of his godfather, Li Changshou.
• Li Jing took Jin Zha to the military camp for a hundred days, where he taught him discipline and introduced him to the soldiers’ lives.
• Li Jing slew a demon beast that had ravaged the fields, then taught Jin Zha to protect mortals and told him about Li Changshou.
• Li Changshou visited True Lord Taiyi to warn him to guard Lingzhu Zi’s Fetal Spirit, and True Lord Taiyi asked whether Li Changshou knew where Lingzhu Zi would be reborn.
• Two years later, Manjushri returned with True Person Huang Long and True Person Puxian, apologized to Li Jing, and accepted Jin Zha as his disciple.
• News spread that King Shang Di Yi had ascended upon rosy clouds, and Li Changshou watched Chaoge City’s bustle from the Grand Historian’s Manor.

After Di Yi died, a forged succession decree threatened Zi Shou’s claim to the throne, but Zi Shou exposed the plot and secured the palace. He ascended as Great Shang’s king and declared that he would reform the kingdom and defy the Mandate of Heaven.

• Li Changshou went to the royal palace, where the Grand Minister announced Di Yi’s death and presented a decree naming Wei Zi Qi as successor.
• At the royal hall, Zi Shou ordered the ministers out and accused Wei Zi Qi of forging the succession decree with the help of outsiders.
• Zi Shou revealed that he had anticipated Wei Zi Qi’s coup and that Huang Feihu’s forces had prepared to defeat the rebels.
• Wen Zhong presented Di Yi’s genuine decree naming Zi Shou as king, while Huang Feihu reported that the rebel army had been purged.
• Zi Shou ascended the throne, vowed to reform Great Shang and defy Heaven, and a golden Azure Dragon gathered the kingdom’s National Destiny above Chaoge City.

Li Changshou resigned as Grand Historian, warned Wen Zhong against entangling the Jie Teaching in the mortal conflict, and traveled to the Holy Mother Temple as the great calamity approached. Nine years later, Mu Zha had left home to study under Daoist Cihang, and Li Changshou began preparing for Nezha’s reincarnation.

• Li Changshou resigned from his post and left Chaoge after King Zhou ascended the throne.
• Wen Zhong caught up with Li Changshou, and they discussed King Zhou, the Jie Teaching, and the coming calamity.
• Li Changshou warned Wen Zhong that bringing immortals into the Southern Continent to serve as officials violated Heavenly Court rules, then left him with advice to reconsider his path.
• Wen Zhong returned to Chaoge and resolved to keep Shang’s realm from collapsing while he remained Grand Preceptor.
• Li Changshou traveled to the Holy Mother Temple, then nine years later watched as Mu Zha left Li Jing and Yin Clan to become Daoist Cihang’s disciple.
• Li Changshou checked the Earth Scroll, realized Nezha’s reincarnation was near, and sent a Paper Daoist to Qianyuan Mountain to prepare.

Li Changshou and the Chan Teaching immortals prepared to reincarnate Lingzhu Zi into Yin Clan’s unborn child at Chentang Pass, while Li Changshou suspected a Western Teaching Saint might interfere. As the spirit fetus was about to enter Yin Clan’s womb, a giant hand descended on the military camp to seize Li Jing, and Li Changshou activated the Taiji Diagram.

• Li Changshou urged True Lord Taiyi to seek a Saint’s edict protecting Lingzhu Zi’s reincarnation, and Taiyi traveled to the Kunlun Mountains with True Lord Yuding.
• Li Changshou went to Chentang Pass with Yang Jian, where they prepared defenses around Li Mansion and watched over Yin Clan’s pregnancy.
• True Lord Taiyi and True Lord Yuding returned with a Saint’s Dao Charm for Lingzhu Zi, and the four immortals prepared to place the spirit fetus in Yin Clan’s womb.
• Li Changshou and True Lord Taiyi entered Yin Clan’s bedroom in disguise, put her into a dream, and began escorting Lingzhu Zi’s spirit fetus toward her.
• A massive hand appeared above the military camp and reached for Li Jing as a voice declared that the child belonged to the Western Sect; Li Changshou activated the Taiji Diagram.

Zhunti attacked Li Jing’s family to seize Lingzhu Zi’s reincarnated body, but Li Changshou and the others stopped him with the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner. After Zhunti contaminated Yin Clan with the Devil Ancestor’s Killing Intent, Lingzhu Zi chose to absorb it and proceed with reincarnation; Li Changshou protected his soul, while Taiqing confronted Zhunti in the Outer Void.

• Li Changshou used the Taiji Diagram to block Zhunti’s first attack, while Li Jing rallied the soldiers to protect Yin Clan and her unborn child.
• Taiyi chose to send Lingzhu Zi’s Fetal Spirit into Yin Clan, and Zhunti launched another attack that wounded True Lord Yu Ding, Taiyi, and Yang Jian before Pangu Banner drove him back.
• Zhunti secretly infected Yin Clan with the Devil Ancestor’s origin Killing Intent, and Li Jing chose to save his wife even if it meant losing the child.
• Lingzhu Zi chose to absorb the Killing Intent rather than let Yin Clan die, and Li Changshou extracted and sealed the harmful force while protecting Lingzhu Zi’s soul.
• In the Outer Void, Taiqing ambushed Zhunti and struck him down while preventing his injuries from becoming fatal.

After confronting a Western Teachings Saint over Lingzhu Zi’s fate, Li Changshou reassured the gathered experts and explained the political pressures shaping the coming Investiture of the Gods. He left Li Jing’s family preparing for the birth of Lingzhu Zi’s reincarnation, confident after his teacher sent him a vision of the child.

• Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, and Heavenly Emperor Quan Tong rushed to Chentang Pass after sensing the clash, and Li Changshou assured them he was unharmed.
• Li Changshou gave Jie Teaching and Chan Teaching different accounts of the Western Teachings Saint’s attack, while Li Jing ordered notices posted to calm the townspeople.
• Yang Jian explained why Chan Teaching remained passive, and Li Changshou warned him to be more measured as the great conflict approached.
• Li Changshou told Li Jing and Madam Yin that Lingzhu Zi had reincarnated in her womb without his memories, then instructed them to treat him as their own son and prepare for the Killing Intent’s effects.
• Li Changshou received a vision of a cheerful child from his teacher, regained his confidence, and told Li Jing to honor several powerful figures and let Madam Yin rest.

Li Changshou reported the Chentang Pass events to the Jade Emperor, visited Yunxiao, and monitored King Zhou’s plans while trying to arrange Lei Zhenzi’s future. The chapter ended with a mysterious gray-robed Daoist confronting Maitreya in the Chaos Sea and asking whether he wished to return to the world.

• Li Changshou met the Jade Emperor’s incarnation, reported on Lingzhu Zi and the Western Teachings, and discussed a matter concerning the Dragon Clan.
• Li Changshou visited Bai Jian and Yunxiao, then watched King Zhou’s reforms and the gathering of the vassal lords in Chaoge City.
• Li Changshou tried to arrange Lei Zhenzi’s connection to Ji Chang, but Yun Zhongzi placed the infant in Ji Chang’s path and took him as a disciple.
• Li Changshou returned to the Heavenly Court and focused his attention on the soon-to-be-born Nezha.
• Maitreya found himself barred from returning to the Primordial World, then encountered a gray-robed old Daoist who asked if he wished to return.

Li Changshou watched King Zhou’s political maneuvers and focused on protecting Yin Clan’s pregnancy while Great Shang moved toward a crisis with its vassals. As King Zhou prepared to visit Nuwa’s temple, Li Changshou discovered a young dragon repeatedly seducing human fisher girls and left to observe the ceremony before dealing with him.

• Li Changshou judged King Zhou’s reorganization of the vassal lords as a risky bid to strengthen the Shang Kingdom, then chose not to interfere in mortal affairs.
• Li Changshou protected Yin Clan’s spirit embryo as King Zhou executed Nine Marquises, tortured E Chongyu, imprisoned Ji Chang, and sent Wen Zhong to suppress rebellions.
• Li Jing told Yin Clan that he guarded the frontier from demons rather than taking sides in the struggle for power, while Li Changshou prepared for Nezha’s birth.
• Li Changshou learned that King Zhou would visit Nuwa’s temple and planned to observe the ceremony and record what happened.
• Li Changshou watched a Little Green Dragon seduce and abandon a fisher girl, then caught him beginning the same courtship with another woman.
• Li Changshou decided to attend the Holy Mother Temple ceremony first and deal with the Little Green Dragon afterward.

Li Changshou attended King Zhou’s worship at Nuwa Temple and stopped Maitreya from attacking him, but Heavenly Dao intervened directly and prompted King Zhou to question Nuwa’s covered face. Li Changshou’s Paper Daoist burned away as he recognized that the event was proceeding through an openly imposed script.

• Li Changshou watched King Zhou’s procession arrive at Nuwa Temple, where officials recognized him as the former Grand Historian.
• King Zhou kept the worship ceremony simple and led the officials in offering incense and bowing to Nuwa’s statue.
• Li Changshou detected Maitreya trying to strike King Zhou and fought him outside the temple until the ceremony ended.
• Maitreya withdrew after Li Changshou warned that his actions risked backlash from Human Race Destiny.
• A streak of black light descended as the golden dragon of Human Emperor’s Destiny was immobilized, and King Zhou stopped to ask why Nuwa’s statue had its face covered.
• Li Changshou realized Heavenly Dao had forced the event forward, then let his exhausted Paper Daoist burn to ashes.

After the Heavenly Dao intervened in King Zhou’s visit to Nuwa’s temple, Li Changshou explained his plan to become the era’s greatest variable and sought guidance from Taiqing. Taiqing’s advice helped him abandon his cautious approach, and Li Changshou went to Guanghan Palace to expose a Heavenly Dao Taboo and pressure the Heavenly Dao.

• The Heavenly Dao seized control of King Zhou’s mind, causing him to disrespect Nuwa at her temple and triggering disasters across the Southern Continent.
• Li Changshou discussed the Heavenly Dao and the Ancient Demon Court with Bell Spirit, then asked her to protect Ling'e if events took a dangerous turn.
• Li Changshou went to Taiqing Temple and revealed that his thousand-year plan was to become the one variable the Heavenly Dao could not control.
• Taiqing told Li Changshou to sever his attachment to perfect plans, and Li Changshou realized he had to risk acting without preserving every advantage.
• Li Changshou appeared before Guanghan Palace, intending to use Senior Lang’s disciple identity to expose the Heavenly Dao Taboo and pressure the Heavenly Dao.