Recaps

Gu Changqing took Yang Jian and Nezha as disciples, and their growing strength brought them into conflict with Haotian, the Saints, and the Dragon Clan. The stretch ended with Yang Jian challenging Jade Void Palace while Nezha confronted the Dragon Clan beneath the East Sea.

• Gu Changqing awakened through Yang Jian’s prayers, accepted him as a disciple, and taught him the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force.
• Yang Jian defeated the Heavenly Court’s forces, refined their remnants, and awakened enough particles to free Yao Ji from Peach Mountain.
• Nezha offered his soul as incense at Gu Changqing’s temple, became his second disciple, and returned to confront Li Jing at Peach Mountain.
• Yang Jian and Nezha broke the Heavenly River Navy’s formation, while Gu Changqing fused Yang Jian’s inherited arts into the Primordial Chaos God-Demon Prison-Suppressing Body.
• Nezha seized Randeng’s Qiankun Ruler, and Gu Changqing intervened when Zhunti attacked, forcing Zhunti and Randeng to withdraw.
• Gu Changqing sent Nezha to bring the Dragon Clan under his rules and directed Yang Jian to take Yao Ji and Yang Chan to Kunlun.
• Nezha confronted Ao Guang in the East Sea, while Ao Guang summoned the other Dragon Kings and an ancient presence stirred beneath the sea.
• Yang Jian challenged Guangchengzi at Jade Void Palace, but Guangchengzi ordered him imprisoned and brought down the phantom Heaven-Flipping Seal.

Gu Changqing drew Yang Jian, Xiaotian, and the Yin Shang princes into his plans, while Tongtian learned that the Investiture of the Gods threatened the Interception Sect and received a path toward mythic transcendence. Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace to reform the sect and confronted Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal.

• The Four Seas Dragon Kings trapped Nezha in their cage, but Nezha absorbed its power, took control of the water veins, and challenged the ancient dragon emerging from the East Sea Eye.
• Yang Jian rejected the fate shown by Yuanshi Tianzun’s Heavenly Dao Stone, secured sanctuary for Yao Ji and Yang Chan, and left Kunlun with Yuanshi Tianzun’s recognition.
• Gu Changqing recruited Bi Gan and Xiaotian, whose awakened powers let him defeat the Centipede Demon King and later devour Guangchengzi’s Great Luo origin.
• After fleeing Di Xin’s execution order, Yin Jiao and Yin Hong became Gu Changqing’s disciples, received new arts, and resisted Guangchengzi and Chijingzi with Yang Jian and Xiaotian’s help.
• Tongtian confronted Gu Changqing’s Divine Statue and learned how the Investiture of the Gods would destroy the Interception Sect and leave him exiled from the Three Realms.
• Gu Changqing gave Tongtian the Foundations Volume of the Mythic Great Luo Technique and advised him to reform the sect and prepare his disciples to forge mythic status.
• Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace, sealed Golden Turtle Island, established four precepts, and summoned the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords as the Ten Thousand Immortals vowed to build the sect’s legend.
• Tongtian called out Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal after the Western Religion talisman hidden in his sleeve quivered.