Recaps

Dao Ancestor Hongjun appointed Xiao Tian as Heavenly Emperor and gave him the Investiture of the Gods to rebuild the Heavenly Court. As Xiao Tian considered how to derail the coming calamity, he spotted Shang Tang’s flourishing providence and formed a plan involving Zhaoge before King Zhou Di Xin was even born.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun named Xiao Tian the Heavenly Emperor and entrusted him with the Investiture of the Gods, startling the Sages.
• Xiao Tian invited Jieyin and Zhunti to help staff the Heavenly Court, and Zhunti gave him three low-grade innate spirit treasures instead of a disciple.
• Zhunti secretly asked Dao Ancestor Hongjun to protect the Western Sect’s disciples from the list, while Hongjun resolved to make Xiao Tian become a Sage so he could reclaim the throne for Haotian and Yaochi.
• Xiao Tian toured the desolate Thirty-Three Heavens and worried that the Investiture of the Gods Calamity would devastate the Sages and let the Heavenly Dao take control.
• Xiao Tian warned Nüwa to protect Lingzhuzi from the calamity and sent Xiao Li to her for guidance in figurine-making.
• Xiao Tian used his Heavenly Dao Double Pupils to identify Shang Tang as the Human Clan’s most prosperous dynasty and devised a plan focused on Zhaoge before King Zhou Di Xin’s birth.

Di Xin was born amid miraculous signs, awakened powerful abilities, and gained First Phoenix as his guardian; twenty-five years later, the Sages maneuvered around the Investiture of the Gods as Di Xin expanded Shang territory. After Zhunti secretly came to Zhaoge, Di Xin returned from the Southern Barbarians and questioned Bi Gan about Nüwa’s newly built temple, ending with the vice-chancellor struggling under Di Xin’s pressure.

• Di Yi’s queen died after giving birth to Di Xin, then appeared as a spirit bound for the Heavenly Court, while the infant’s system shielded him from the Heavenly Dao and awakened his Human Emperor Physique and Nine Deaths Nirvana ability.
• First Phoenix swore to become Di Xin’s guardian heroic spirit, and the Heavenly Dao confirmed her oath as the Sages and Hongjun reacted to the unexpected turn of events.
• Over the next twenty-five years, First Phoenix, Laozi, and Yuanshi’s disciples taught Di Xin, while the Sages schemed over the Investiture of the Gods and their rivalries deepened.
• Di Yi died on Di Xin’s birthday and became the second name on the Investiture of the Gods; Di Xin later campaigned in the Southern Barbarians, expanding Shang territory while slain Qi refiners did not join the list.
• Jieyin proposed overturning Shang’s providence and drawing Jiejiao into the conflict, so Zhunti traveled personally to Zhaoge as Nüwa’s temple was completed.
• Di Xin returned to court, questioned Grand Preceptor Wen and Bi Gan about the temple, and made Bi Gan struggle to breathe under his pressure.

Di Xin thwarted Zhunti’s attempt to bewitch him through Nüwa’s temple and publicly swore to seek justice against the Sage. The Deva Path and Hongjun responded by ordering Zhunti to support a rival state and help overthrow Great Shang within ten years.

• Bi Gan explained why the ministers had built a Nüwa temple, and Di Xin announced he would visit it the next day.
• At the temple, Di Xin’s Human Emperor destiny blocked Zhunti’s spell, and Di Xin exposed the false Nüwa before Zhunti fled.
• Nüwa discovered Zhunti’s scheme, contacted Xiao Tian, and sent Lingzhuzi to Zhaoge to assist Di Xin.
• Di Xin offered prayers to heaven and swore before the people of Zhaoge to root out the Sage who had plotted against Great Shang.
• The Deva Path granted Di Xin a chance to oppose the Sages, and Hongjun ordered Zhunti to establish a state that would defeat Great Shang within ten years.

Xiao Tian warned the Three Pure Ones that Zhunti might exploit their divisions, while Hongjun secretly sought to weaken the Deva Path. Zhunti offered Tongtian an alliance and the God-Smiting Whip, and Di Xin executed corrupt officials Fei Zhong and You Hun.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Xiao Tian discussed the Human Clan’s dwindling fortune and agreed to watch Zhunti and Jieyin while trying to preserve the Three Pure Ones’ unity.
• Xiao Tian warned Yuanshi and Tongtian that Zhunti could exploit their growing feud to recruit Tongtian against Great Shang.
• The Deva Path listened to their conversation, while Hongjun resolved to weaken it by ensuring the Investiture of the Gods was filled with pretenders.
• Zhunti visited Tongtian on Golden Turtle Island and offered him the God-Smiting Whip as an inducement to ally with him.
• Di Xin summoned Fei Zhong and You Hun, exposed their abuses, and ordered them executed and torn apart by five horses.

After King Zhou Di Xin’s purge, Xiao Tian chose a reward that let him travel between worlds and returned to the Primordial world, where Zhunti plotted to use Su Daji to provoke a rebellion. Su Daji agreed to go to Zhaoge, but on the journey Grand Preceptor Wen was attacked by troops led by Boyikao amid a mysterious black wind.

• Fei Zhong and You Hun were executed, and Xiao Tian chose the reward granting him travel between worlds, permanent residency in the Primordial world, the God-Slaying Spear, and the Yellow Central Plum.
• Xiao Tian’s Deva Path Body returned to the previous world, completed its mission, and helped Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao before returning to the Primordial world.
• Zhunti and Jieyin settled on Ji Chang as an ally and Zhunti planned to use Su Daji to give Western Zhou a cause to oppose Great Shang.
• King Zhou rejected every woman at the consort selection, then agreed to summon Su Daji after Grand Preceptor Wen recommended her.
• Su Daji agreed to travel to Zhaoge with Grand Preceptor Wen, despite her betrothal to Boyikao, while Zhunti secretly believed her arrival would help bring about a break between Marquis Ji and Great Shang.
• On the road to Zhaoge, Grand Preceptor Wen prepared for an approaching force, but a strange black wind swept over the camp as Boyikao demanded that Su Daji be released.

King Zhou Di Xin saved Su Daji from Sage Zhunti with the God-Slaying Spear, then took her to Zhaoge and publicly named her queen while cutting taxes. Su Daji waited for him that night, but he remained focused on cultivation, while Xiao Tian’s original body was urged to come collect the goods.

• Grand Preceptor Wen confronted Boyikao, who had come to rescue Su Daji after hearing she had been abducted, and explained that she was traveling willingly to Zhaoge for the consort selection.
• Sage Zhunti tried to kill Su Daji, but King Zhou Di Xin appeared and struck him with the God-Slaying Spear, injuring and driving him away.
• Xiao Tian chose a reward that advanced his cultivation to the Quasi-Sage realm and granted him crystals of the Laws of Time, Space, and Strength.
• King Zhou reassured Grand Preceptor Wen, dismissed Boyikao, and ordered the party to continue to Zhaoge; Boyikao left heartbroken after seeing Su Daji’s feelings for the king.
• King Zhou publicly declared Su Daji queen and reduced Great Shang’s taxes by thirty percent, winning the approval of the officials and people.
• Su Daji waited for King Zhou through the night, then learned he had spent it cultivating; meanwhile, King Zhou’s incarnation urged Xiao Tian to come collect the goods.

Zhunti tried to use Boyikao to provoke Marquis Ji into opposing the Shang Dynasty, but Xiao Tian intervened and sent Boyikao toward Western Spirit Mountain to become Zhunti’s disciple. Zhunti recognized the disguised Xiao Tian as Yuanshi and left thwarted, while the Heavenly Dao pressed him to complete the Investiture of the Gods.

• Zhunti disguised himself as a diviner and entered Marquis Ji’s residence, hoping to turn Boyikao’s heartbreak into a cause for rebellion.
• After others failed to reach Boyikao, Xiao Tian, disguised as a white-robed young man, persuaded him to seek strength beyond King Zhou and cultivate the Dao.
• Xiao Tian told Boyikao to seek Zhunti as his master and left him a Buddhist writ, while secretly demanding that Boyikao kill a mighty Primordial figure after succeeding.
• Zhunti realized that someone had discovered him, abandoned his plan to take Boyikao as a disciple, and vanished from Marquis Ji’s residence.
• Boyikao set out for Western Spirit Mountain, and Zhunti confronted the white-robed young man, accused him of being Yuanshi, and watched him dissolve into motes of light.
• The Heavenly Dao criticized Zhunti’s failure and warned that the Western Sage could be replaced, while Xiao Tian concealed his ambitions and continued to keep a low profile.

Zhunti received the Creation Furnace from Dao Ancestor Hongjun as the Investiture of the Gods Calamity approached. In the Blood Sea, Xiao Tian helped Houtu realize she could deliver its departed souls, while he battled Minghe to stop him from interfering.

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun gave Zhunti the Creation Furnace, and Zhunti resolved to use it to help the kingdom he supported and drive a wedge between Yuanshi and Tongtian.
• After Witch Clan warriors seized his Taiyi Blood Crystal Mine and Blood Space, Minghe attacked Great Witch Xiangliu and severed one of his serpent heads.
• Xiao Tian arrived and claimed he would help Minghe drive out the Witch Clan, but then urged Houtu to deliver the Blood Sea's departed souls and invoked Hongyun's Primordial Purple Qi.
• Houtu vowed to deliver the departed souls, and Minghe tried to stop her by attacking with the Yuantu and Abi Swords.
• Xiao Tian blocked Minghe's swords and used the Eastern Emperor Bell to seal the area, while the Adamantine Staff severed Minghe's connection to the Twelfth-Tier Karmic Fire Hong Lian.

Xiao Tian subdued Minghe with the Chaos Bell and helped Houtu establish the Underworld and become a Sage. After the other Sages claimed shares of its authority, Xiao Tian made a deal with Minghe and secretly used the Six Paths of Reincarnation to give new identities to the Ancestral Witches he had saved.

• Minghe unleashed a Blood Sea sword formation against Xiao Tian, but Xiao Tian evaded it with Kamui Intangibility and suppressed Minghe beneath the Chaos Bell.
• Houtu redeemed the Blood Sea’s wronged souls, vowed to transform herself into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and created the Underworld and the Eighteen Levels of Hell.
• Boundless merit made Houtu the seventh Sage, and the other Sages negotiated for positions and authority in the Underworld.
• After releasing Minghe, Xiao Tian agreed to return the Twelfth-Tier Karmic Fire Hong Lian in exchange for three talented Asura girls, then secretly used the Six Paths of Reincarnation to give new identities to Jiufeng and the Ancestral Witches he had saved.
• Xiao Tian took the three Asura girls to the Human Clan Saint Teacher Hall to train in the Three Talents Asura Formation, then brought breathing soil to Nüwa and offered her instant noodles.

Xiao Tian maneuvered the Investiture of the Gods Calamity while Zhunti helped Ji Fa rebel against King Zhou. After a battle of rumors and public opinion, Ji Fa was branded a traitor and found his rebellion increasingly difficult to justify.

• Xiao Tian visited Nüwa and Great Immortal Zhenyuan, bringing instant noodles to Nüwa and eating Zhenyuanzi’s ginseng fruits.
• Zhunti arranged Marquis Ji’s assassination, and Ji Fa blamed King Zhou, declared rebellion, and accepted help from a Vajra Arhat and Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal.
• Xiao Tian asked Tongtian to send Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal to Ji Fa and resolved to use the calamity to challenge the Primordial Heavenly Dao.
• King Zhou ordered the lords to Zhaoge after Shang Rong reported Ji Fa’s military preparations, but Ji Fa refused to go and spread claims that King Zhou had killed Marquis Ji.
• King Zhou had rumors circulated that Ji Fa had murdered Marquis Ji over resentment and Su Daji, and the resulting half-year propaganda battle turned most of Great Shang’s people against Ji Fa.
• Ji Fa was branded a rebel, lost people from Western Qi to Great Shang, and angrily called King Zhou despicable.

Xiao Tian sent his Deva Path Body, Dugu Baitian, to confront the revived Demon Ancestor Luohou in the Northern Continent of Kuru. After a devastating battle, Dugu Baitian sealed Luohou inside a vast celestial sphere and sent it to the Supreme Yin Star.

• Zhunti and other powerful figures sensed Luohou's revival as his Demon Qi ravaged the Northern Continent of Kuru.
• Xiao Tian dispatched Dugu Baitian to Luohou's cavern, where Dugu Baitian fought him for three days and used the battle to improve his skills.
• Luohou unleashed Boundless Demon Light, destroying the Ninefold Absolute Netherfrost Forbidden Land and killing billions of demons, while onlookers wondered whether Dugu Baitian was Xiao Tian.
• Hongjun learned that Dugu Baitian was supposedly formed from Pangu's turbid blood and Luohou's demonic remains, while Xiao Tian denied any connection to him.
• Dugu Baitian caught Luohou as he tried to escape, used Deva Path · True · Chibaku Tensei to imprison him in a celestial sphere, and sent it to the Supreme Yin Star.

Xiao Tian used Dugu Baitian’s limitless revival and Heavenly Dao Will Manifestation Power to challenge the Deva Path, then spent Primordial Achievement Points to prove the Dao through strength. He entered Chaos to face the Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons born from his tribulation and began slaughtering them.

• The Sages and Hongjun sensed Dugu Baitian’s Deva Path power, while Xiao Tian discovered that his Deva Path Body could revive after Luohou’s attack erased it.
• The Deva Path repeatedly killed and sealed Dugu Baitian, but he revived and escaped; their clash of wills ended when the Primordial Heavenly Dao withdrew to protect the Primordial World.
• Xiao Tian received Primordial Achievement Points for contending against the Deva Path and spent them to begin proving the Dao through strength.
• Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons appeared in Chaos, and Xiao Tian left the Primordial World to face them while Hongjun told Nüwa to let him handle the tribulation.
• Xiao Tian struck the demon ranks with his Heaven-Equaling divine abilities, killing a Sage-level Extraterritorial Heavenly Demon and destroying many others with the attack’s splash damage.

Xiao Tian survived his tribulation, killed the Sage-level extraterrestrial demons, and proved his Dao through strength, becoming a Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal. Hongyun returned as the ninth Sage and took control of the Investiture of the Gods, while Dugu Baitian continued transforming the Northern Continent of Kuru.

• Xiao Tian killed the two Sage-level extraterrestrial demons and wiped out the remaining demons, then received merit and opened a Chaos world within his body as he proved his Dao through strength.
• Xiao Tian chose the Spacetime Hourglass reward, returned to the Primordial, and handed the Investiture of the Gods to Hongjun after being told he could no longer oversee it.
• Xiao Tian discussed the Dao with the Three Pure Ones, visited Nüwa, and then went to Zhaoge, where he learned that Hongyun had returned as the ninth Sage and gained the Investiture of the Gods.
• Nüwa brought Xiao Tian to speak with Hongyun about Kunpeng, and Xiao Tian noticed that Hongyun had become a shrewd schemer.
• Dugu Baitian transformed half of the Northern Continent of Kuru into a Star Domain and built Heaven-Equaling Palace there.

After taking charge of the Investiture of the Gods, Hongyun reunited with Zhenyuanzi and learned from Xiao Tian about the great tribulation and the West’s plans. Hongjun summoned the Sages, warned them about Dugu Baitian, and discussed the Dao with Xiao Tian before Nüwa urgently invited him to meet.

• Hongyun rejected Zhunti’s offer of a new abode and visited Zhenyuanzi at Five Manors Temple, where they reconciled over their past.
• Xiao Tian arrived, ate a Ginseng Fruit, explained the Investiture of the Gods, and warned Hongyun and Zhenyuanzi that Zhunti was supporting Ji Fa’s Western Qi against Great Shang.
• After learning Xiao Tian had attained the Dao through strength, Hongyun went to Spirit Mountain and warned Zhunti not to provoke Xiao Tian or endanger his disciples.
• The Three Pure Ones met with Xiao Tian to discuss the tribulation, and Hongjun summoned the Sages to Purple Cloud Palace, where he told Xiao Tian not to interfere and cautioned everyone about Dugu Baitian.
• Xiao Tian discussed the Dao with Hongjun for a thousand years, then received an urgent invitation from Nüwa.

Xiao Tian learned that Nüwa’s living figurine had awakened and discussed Lingzhuzi’s foretold Great Tribulation with her. Meanwhile, Dugu Baitian rejected Bodhi’s warning to withdraw from the world, and King Zhou Di Xin revealed his Quasi-Sage cultivation during a confrontation between Duobao and Chan Sect disciples.

• Nüwa showed Xiao Tian the living chibi figurine she had created and explained that it might eventually reach Quasi-Sage.
• Nüwa told Xiao Tian that Fuxi’s divination foretold a life-and-death calamity and great opportunity for Lingzhuzi, with the fates of the seven gourd siblings drawing closer together.
• Daoist Bodhi urged Dugu Baitian to avoid the approaching Great Tribulation, but Dugu Baitian refused and accepted Bodhi’s lightning-struck wood.
• The Primordial Heavenly Dao criticized Dugu Baitian for taking the wood, and he provoked it until it left, earning an achievement point and exchanging it for a Deva Path Will Experience Card.
• Zhunti followed Duobao to Zhaoge, where Duobao clashed with Guangchengzi and other Chan Sect disciples and revealed his Quasi-Sage strength.
• King Zhou Di Xin appeared and revealed that he was also a Quasi-Sage, then invited Duobao and the Chan Sect disciples to continue their fight and demolish the square.

Immortals brought lavish birthday gifts to King Zhou, while Xiao Tian secretly claimed the treasures for himself. Nüwa manifested over Zhaoge, and the arrival of Purple Child Xiao Li and Water Child Lingzhuzi left the birthday gathering poised to welcome the Human Clan’s Saint Teacher’s envoys.

• Daoist Duobao presented King Zhou with numerous treasures, prompting Guangchengzi and the other four immortals to offer their own gifts, including the Ancestral Dragon Twin Swords.
• Guangchengzi revealed the birthday gifts entrusted by Yuanshi Heavenly Venerable, and Duobao added some of his own treasures to keep his master’s offering ahead.
• Xiao Tian sensed the gifts through his incarnation and ordered King Zhou to keep them for him, while Xuandu delivered pills from Laozi.
• Sage Nüwa manifested over Zhaoge during the banquet, and her blessings healed many people and strengthened their support for King Zhou.
• Purple Child Xiao Li and Water Child Lingzhuzi arrived as envoys of the Human Clan’s Saint Teacher, and King Zhou confirmed their identities to the Barefoot Great Immortal.

King Zhou discovered that Deng Chanyu had been secretly brought into his bedchamber as part of a Western Zhou frame-up, while Fuxi confirmed the scheme through divination. At Three Mountains Pass, Deng Jiugong rejected Daoist Jin Shi’s attempt to recruit him to Western Zhou, then learned that Inspector Liu’s army had surrounded his residence and accused him of treason.

• Earth Traveler secretly delivered the unconscious Deng Chanyu to King Zhou’s bedchamber, and King Zhou sensed that a powerful being had entered the palace.
• King Zhou and the gathered immortals questioned Deng Chanyu, who recalled bathing and going to sleep but could not explain how she had arrived in the palace.
• Xiao Tian asked Fuxi to divine the incident, and Fuxi determined that Western Qi had launched a frame-up against the Shang Dynasty.
• King Zhou arranged to contact Deng Chanyu’s father and escort her home, while Deng Chanyu and Xiao Li argued over whether King Zhou might want her as a consort.
• Daoist Jin Shi urged Deng Jiugong to defect to Western Zhou, but Deng Jiugong refused and declared that he would defend Great Shang.
• A maid brought news that Inspector Liu’s army had surrounded Deng Jiugong’s residence and accused him of harboring a traitor and plotting rebellion.

King Zhou Di Xin rescued Deng Jiugong from a Western Qi scheme and restored his loyalty to Great Shang. As the group prepared to turn against Western Qi, Li Jing’s wife gave birth to a mysterious black ball, alarming the Sages and Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

• Patrol Inspector Liu arrested Deng Jiugong after finding a defaced portrait of King Zhou in his residence, while Daoist Jin Shi later tried to free him and recruit him for Ji Fa.
• King Zhou Di Xin and Grand Preceptor Wen exposed Daoist Jin Shi, and Deng Chanyu explained that Western Qi had framed her father by making her wake in King Zhou’s bedchamber.
• King Zhou pardoned Deng Jiugong, who swore renewed loyalty to Great Shang, and had Grand Preceptor Wen deal with Patrol Inspector Liu.
• Daoist Jin Shi confessed to Ji Fa’s schemes and was killed by King Zhou, while Deng Jiugong returned toward Three Mountains Pass with Grand Preceptor Wen.
• Zhunti arranged with Xiao Tian to let Spirit Mountain’s guardian children contend with Xiao Li and Lingzhuzi, and Xiao Tian agreed not to interfere in their fights.
• Li Jing’s wife gave birth to a black ball after a three-year pregnancy, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun wondered what was happening.

Taiyi Zhenren accepted Nezha as his disciple after Xiao Tian arranged for him to be born from a black ball, but withheld most of the treasures and planned a method to ruin him. Three years later, Nezha had become powerful under Xiao Li and Lingzhuzi’s instruction, and Taiyi arrived just as he was beating the West Sea Dragon King.

• Taiyi Zhenren arrived at Li Jing’s manor and used his Heavenly Eye to help the black ball split open, revealing a newborn child.
• Xiao Tian revealed that Dugu Baitian had created Li Jing’s third son to keep Lingzhuzi from dying, and tricked the Primordial Heavenly Dao into granting him an achievement point.
• Madam Yin proposed naming the child Yinzha, but Li Jing and Taiyi settled on Nezha; Taiyi gave him the Universe Ring and Fire God Spear while withholding other treasures.
• Three years passed as Nezha excelled in learning and martial arts, with Xiao Li and Lingzhuzi secretly teaching him.
• Nezha attacked the West Sea Dragon King after the Dragon King flooded Chentang Pass, using Three Lights Divine Water to withstand his waves and striking him with the Universe Ring.
• Taiyi arrived and learned that Xiao Li and Lingzhuzi had taught Nezha to fight, then resolved to teach his disciple himself.

Taiyi Zhenren confronted Nezha after the boy attacked the East Sea Dragon King, then agreed to share his training with Xiao Li and Lingzhuzi. At the Heavenly Court, Xiao Tian promised to revive the East Sea Third Prince in exchange for a thousand years of service guarding the Human Clan Saint Teacher Hall.

• Nezha battered Ao Bing with the Universe Ring and Lingzhuzi's Primordial Golden Shears until Taiyi Zhenren restrained him and rescued the Dragon King.
• Xiao Li and Lingzhuzi explained that Nezha had killed the sea-patrolling yaksha and the East Sea Third Prince after the sea folk threatened Lingzhuzi, and that they had barbecued the prince's limbs.
• Taiyi Zhenren accepted that the East Sea sea folk deserved a lesson, agreed to handle the Dragon King's grievance, and arranged to teach Nezha on some days while Xiao Li and Lingzhuzi taught him on others.
• Ao Bing went to the Heavenly Court to seek justice, but Taiyi Zhenren warned him to report truthfully about the East Sea tribute.
• Xiao Tian told Haotian that he would take responsibility for his attendant's role in the Third Prince's death and offered to revive the prince if he guarded the Human Clan Saint Teacher Hall for a thousand years.
• Ao Bing recognized Xiao Tian as a Sage and gratefully accepted the arrangement, while Haotian declared the matter settled.

Ao Guang waited outside the Human Clan Holy City for Xiao Tian to return, and Xiao Tian revived Ao Bing with the essence of the tides of Chaos. Ao Bing began guarding the Saint Teacher Hall, while Great Shang and Western Zhou resumed their war against a formidable opponent wielding Five-Colored Divine Light.

• Ao Guang escorted Ao Bing's body to the Human Clan Holy City, but Thousand-Mile Eyes refused to admit him, so Ao Guang remained kneeling outside the gates.
• Zhunti's incarnation urged Daoist Randeng to leave the Chan Sect, and Randeng began considering the Western Sect's offer.
• After three years, Xiao Tian returned and brought Ao Guang and Ao Bing's body into the Saint Teacher Hall.
• Xiao Tian seized the essence of the tides of Chaos and used it to restore Ao Bing's body and life, then assigned him to guard the hall for a thousand years.
• Ao Bing struggled to control the unruly children in the city, who threatened to summon Xiao Li against him.
• At Fairy Maiden Mountain, a Western Zhou fighter used Five-Colored Divine Light to strip Zhao Gongming and Perfected Yuding of their magical treasures.

Xiao Tian explained how he coerced Kong Xuan into aiding Western Zhou and chose a reward that increased the Primordial Heavenly Dao’s backlash. After Kong Xuan defeated Daoist Duobao’s treasure assault, King Zhou Di Xin confronted him using First Phoenix’s Southern Brightness Li Fire, leaving Kong Xuan enraged at the sight of his father’s power.

• Xiao Tian suppressed Kong Xuan, branded him with a Space Lock, and persuaded him to help Western Zhou by promising that King Zhou’s defeat would free First Phoenix.
• Xiao Tian chose the reward that advanced the Primordial Heavenly Dao’s fall, while the Investiture of the Gods Calamity continued to send powerful figures onto its list.
• Kong Xuan used his Five-Colored Divine Light to take Daoist Duobao’s many treasures, prompting Great Shang’s forces to seek a stronger opponent.
• King Zhou Di Xin arrived at the battlefield with the Innate God-Slaying Spear and led the recovered mighty figures to challenge Kong Xuan.
• King Zhou released First Phoenix’s Southern Brightness Li Fire, and Kong Xuan recognized his father’s presence and angrily accused King Zhou of using it against him.

King Zhou fought Kong Xuan, countering his flames, Five-Colored Divine Light, and magical treasures before trapping him and beating him. Kong Xuan learned from First Phoenix that he had been beguiled into aiding Western Zhou, while Sage Zhunti watched the battle and pinned his hopes on a future plan.

• Kong Xuan attacked King Zhou with his Phoenix Flame, but King Zhou's Southern Brightness Li Fire Domain overwhelmed it.
• First Phoenix spoke with Kong Xuan inside the fire and urged him to find a successor for the Feng Huang Clan's legacy; afterward, King Zhou said Kong Xuan had considered switching to Great Zhou if he could be conquered.
• Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light failed to take the God-Slaying Spear, and King Zhou struck him with the Imperial Dao Divine Fist.
• Kong Xuan used the Heaven-Flipping Seal and other magical treasures, but King Zhou broke through them with the God-Slaying Spear.
• King Zhou trapped Kong Xuan with the Heaven-Confounding Sash and beat him with repeated punches, crushing Western Zhou's morale.
• Sage Zhunti watched from Western Zhou's camp and resolved to trust his plans and Dao Ancestor Hongjun's support for the West.

King Zhou defeated Kong Xuan, but a mysterious power rescued him and the Sages moved to seize the God-Slaying Spear. Xiao Tian intervened, and King Zhou ended the chapter by bringing charges against Zhunti and the other Sages for trying to steal his treasure.

• King Zhou captured Kong Xuan after First Phoenix pleaded with him to stop, but a mysterious crescent moon broke the Heaven-Confounding Sash and a powerful hand carried Kong Xuan away.
• King Zhou’s attack was stopped by a Sage, and he accused Zhunti of rescuing Kong Xuan; Zhunti then tried to seize the God-Slaying Spear as several other Sages intervened.
• Zhunti attacked Wutong, but Xiao Tian nullified his strike and defended her, while Zhunti agreed not to trouble her again.
• King Zhou called on Xiao Tian to save the Human Clan and declared that he was bringing charges against Zhunti and the other Sages for coveting his treasure.
• Ji Fa watched the confrontation and felt defeated and insignificant before the Sages and gods.

King Zhou accused six Sages of coveting the God-Slaying Spear, and Xiao Tian arranged for the dispute to be judged under the Deva Path before agreeing to settle it in Chaos. The chapter left Xiao Tian facing all six Sages at once as their battle began.

• King Zhou accused the Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Hongyun of coveting his God-Slaying Spear, and they admitted their interest while arguing it should be suppressed or investigated.
• King Zhou and a million Great Shang soldiers called on Xiao Tian to uphold justice, while the Human Clan’s petitions stirred its fortune and drew the Eye of Deva Path’s judgment upon the Sages.
• Xiao Tian proposed four ways to resolve the dispute, and the Sages chose his fourth proposal: to gather in Chaos and let him seek justice for the Human Clan.
• Xiao Tian and the six Sages traveled to Chaos, where Zhunti proposed that they attack together and the others agreed.
• The six Sages unleashed their attacks on Xiao Tian as the mighty beings gathered in Chaos watched to see the outcome.