Recaps

The Antarctic Immortal and the Chan Sect disciples insulted the Jie Sect, prompting Yunxiao and the Three Xiaos to challenge them. The Three Xiaos summoned the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and invited their opponents inside.

• The Antarctic Immortal disparaged the Jie Sect disciples, and Yunxiao rebuked him for his vicious words.
• Chijingzi, Grand Master Lingbao, and Yun Zhongzi mocked the Jie Sect and declared the Three Xiaos could not defeat them.
• Yunxiao challenged the three men to fight and debate the Dao, and they agreed while warning the Three Xiaos not to beg for mercy.
• The Three Xiaos summoned the Primordial Golden Dou, then revealed they intended to use it to form the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation.
• The formation unleashed powerful phenomena that threatened the space above the Interception Sect, and Yunxiao invited the three men inside.

Hongjun summoned Tongtian to Purple Cloud Palace over his attack on Yuanshi and the Two Sages of the West. Tongtian challenged Hongjun over how he was supposed to use the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords Formation, leaving Hongjun stunned by his response.

• Hongjun sensed that fate around the Investiture of the Gods had become muddled and wondered who was interfering with the calamity.
• Haotian informed Hongjun that Tongtian had come to pay his respects, and Hongjun admitted him to Purple Cloud Palace.
• Hongjun questioned Tongtian for defying his decree and using the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords against Yuanshi and the Two Sages of the West.
• Tongtian asked Hongjun how he had intended his disciple to use the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords Formation, and Hongjun grew angry.
• Hongjun warned Tongtian that fighting Sages endangered the Primordial World and the Interception Sect, but Tongtian's next response left him stunned.

Tongtian challenged Hongjun’s reprimand, suspecting that the Dao Ancestor had given him the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords to provoke conflict and set a trap for the Interception Sect. He defended his attacks by accusing Yuanshi and the Two Sages of the West of targeting his sect, leaving Hongjun facing Tongtian’s open distrust.

• Tongtian rejected Hongjun’s reprimand and offered to return the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, prompting Hongjun to fear that his plan had been exposed.
• Hongjun insisted that Tongtian keep the swords and warned him not to endanger the Primordial World.
• Tongtian argued that Yuanshi had threatened the Interception Sect’s disciples and questioned why Hongjun had summoned him instead of Yuanshi.
• Hongjun said Tongtian had been summoned for attacking the Two Sages of the West, citing his karmic debt to them and their weaker standing.
• Tongtian accused the Two Sages of the West of planting Buddha Roots in Interception Sect disciples to turn them against the sect and join the Western Teachings.
• Tongtian suspected that Hongjun knew of the Western Sages’ scheme and might have been allowing it.

Jieyin and Zhunti fled to the Purple Cloud Palace seeking Hongjun’s protection, but Yuanshi caught up with them before they could reach safety. Taishang confirmed that a mysterious courtyard existed, yet Yuanshi remained unconvinced, and his next words left Jieyin and Taishang stunned and Zhunti panicking.

• Jieyin and Zhunti reached the chaotic region beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens and decided to wait for Hongjun’s protection.
• Yuanshi appeared with the Pangu Banner, and the Two Sages of the West tried to flee before he blocked their path.
• Taishang arrived and told Yuanshi that he had seen Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos of the Interception Sect enter the hidden courtyard and vanish.
• Jieyin and Zhunti agreed that the courtyard was protected by a formation connected to the Interception Sect.
• Yuanshi rejected their explanation, and his next statement stunned Jieyin and Taishang while Zhunti panicked.

Yuanshi turned on Taishang and the Two Sages of the West, raising the Pangu Banner to kill the Western Sages. Taishang intervened with the Taiji Diagram, but before their treasures could clash, an earthy-yellow light made both vanish, and the four Sages realized the Dao Ancestor had appeared.

• Yuanshi accused Taishang of defending the Two Sages of the West and vowed to kill them, even threatening to sever his bond with Taishang.
• Taishang summoned the Taiji Diagram to block Yuanshi's Pangu Banner and warned him not to fight near the Dao Ancestor's cultivation ground.
• Yuanshi and Taishang confronted each other, with both preparing to fight over whether Taishang would protect the Two Sages of the West.
• An earthy-yellow light appeared between the treasures and made both the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner disappear.
• Taishang, Yuanshi, and the Two Sages of the West sensed the tremendous Heavenly Dao power and recognized the Dao Ancestor's intervention.

Hongjun learned that Tongtian and Yuanshi had discovered the Two Sages of the West’s covert recruitment of Mystic Gate disciples, though they did not know which disciples were involved. As Taishang, Yuanshi, and the Two Sages of the West gathered outside the Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun prepared to intervene after sensing Taishang and Yuanshi had brought out the Pangu Banner and the Taiji Diagram.

• Tongtian questioned why Hongjun had allowed the Two Sages of the West to recruit Mystic Gate disciples, and Hongjun realized that was why Tongtian and Yuanshi had attacked them.
• Hongjun recalled that he had concealed the Western Sages’ recruitment scheme so he could later bring the defecting disciples under his control and limit the Western Teachings’ power.
• Hongjun divined whom Tongtian and Yuanshi had killed and concluded they did not know the identities of the planted disciples; Duobao and the other intended pieces remained safe.
• Hongjun sensed Taishang, Yuanshi, and the Two Sages of the West outside the Purple Cloud Palace, and Tongtian urged him to summon them for a confrontation.
• Hongjun decided to let the Western Sages face consequences, then sensed Taishang and Yuanshi had brought out the Pangu Banner and the Taiji Diagram.
• Hongjun sent a terrifying purple consciousness out of the Purple Cloud Palace as his stern shout rang beyond it.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun stopped Yuanshi and Taishang from clashing with the Two Sages of the West and condemned them for fighting near the Purple Cloud Palace. He summoned all four Sages into the palace to answer for their actions.

• Hongjun appeared and seized the Pangu Banner and Taiji Diagram before Yuanshi and Taishang could attack the Two Sages of the West.
• The Two Sages of the West knelt and begged Hongjun to save them, accusing Yuanshi of trying to kill them.
• Hongjun condemned all four Sages for defying his ban on fighting and pressured them with his power.
• Hongjun exposed the Two Sages of the West for provoking Tongtian and Yuanshi, then said he would deal with their transgressions and answer the Mystic Gate.
• Hongjun's Purple Cloud Palace appeared, and its open doors swallowed all four Sages.

Hongjun settled the dispute between the Sages and announced a new plan for the Investiture of the Gods. He made the Human Sect the battlefield and ordered the Chan and Interception Sects to begin the calamity by backing a wise ruler.

• Hongjun confined Jieyin and the other Western Sage, ordered them not to leave their sects before the calamity, and asked them to name the disciples they had turned.
• Jieyin denied placing agents in other sects, and Yuanshi and Tongtian accepted Hongjun’s judgment without objection.
• Hongjun explained that the Investiture of the Gods would assign beings to the divine Dao, allow some to resume immortal cultivation, and destroy those with weak aptitude and deep karmic ties.
• Hongjun declared that the Human Sect would be the battlefield and told the Chan and Interception Sects to support a wise ruler, beginning the Investiture of the Gods Calamity.

Hongjun ordered the Investiture of the Gods battlefield placed in the Human Clan’s lands, dismissing Tongtian’s objections about the mortal casualties. After the Sages left the Purple Cloud Palace, Yuanshi sensed that Chan Sect Disciples had attacked Jie Sect Disciples and hurried toward Jin'ao Island, where Tongtian blocked him.

• Hongjun ordered the Sages to prepare for the Investiture of the Gods to unfold in the Human Clan’s lands, and Tongtian protested that the plan would cause needless deaths.
• Hongjun refused to reconsider, told Tongtian that human deaths could bring them honor through ascension, and warned the Sages not to start another conflict.
• Tongtian silently resolved to study the Great Dao Diary’s advice about abandoning the Sage position before returning to the little courtyard near the Interception Sect’s Daoist grounds.
• After Hongjun vanished with the Purple Cloud Palace, Yuanshi mocked Tongtian, while Taishang urged Yuanshi to avoid further conflict with the Two Sages of the West.
• Yuanshi sensed that Chan Sect Disciples had attacked Jie Sect Disciples near Jin'ao Island and rushed to investigate, but Tongtian stopped him and defended his disciples.

Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao used the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and the Primordial Golden Dou to defeat Yun Zhongzi, Chijingzi, and Grand Master Lingbao. As the three captives lost consciousness, Antarctic Immortal roared from outside the formation.

• Yunxiao challenged Yun Zhongzi, Chijingzi, and Grand Master Lingbao to enter the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, while they mocked the Three Xiaos and their formation.
• Bixiao and Qiongxiao opened the formation, and Yun Zhongzi, Chijingzi, and Grand Master Lingbao charged inside with their treasures and weapons.
• The Three Xiaos unleashed the formation’s baleful power, and the Primordial Golden Dou stripped the three intruders of their three flowers and five Qi, destroyed their bodies, and gravely wounded their primordial spirits.
• Yunxiao dismissed the captives’ threat that Antarctic Immortal would retaliate and sealed their six senses, leaving them unconscious inside the Primordial Golden Dou.
• Antarctic Immortal roared for the Three Xiaos to stop from outside the formation.

The Antarctic Immortal tried to intervene after Yun Zhongzi, Chijingzi, and Grand Master Lingbao were trapped in the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation Art, but Zhao Gongming blocked him and proved stronger. After Yuanshi Tianzun ordered him to retreat, the Antarctic Immortal fled, leaving Zhao Gongming relieved that he had avoided a prolonged fight.

• The Antarctic Immortal sensed danger from the formation and heard Yun Zhongzi, Chijingzi, and Grand Master Lingbao cry out in panic from inside.
• The Antarctic Immortal unleashed his mid-stage Quasi-Sage power, but Zhao Gongming appeared and stopped him with an even stronger force.
• The Antarctic Immortal staggered backward and realized Zhao Gongming had surpassed him, while Zhao Gongming challenged him to consider the consequences of intervening.
• Yuanshi Tianzun rebuked the Antarctic Immortal, warned that he could not defeat Zhao Gongming, and ordered him back to the Chan Sect.
• The Antarctic Immortal threatened that the Chan Sect would come after Zhao Gongming, then fled, and Zhao Gongming was relieved to avoid a drawn-out battle.

Tongtian stopped Yuanshi from interfering in the battle between their disciples, then returned to plan for the Investiture of the Gods. After Tongtian left, Hongjun secretly planted divine sense in his primordial spirit to spy on him.

• Tongtian blocked Yuanshi and warned him not to interfere with the younger disciples, while Yuanshi threatened him over the Investiture of the Gods.
• Taishang calmed Yuanshi and urged both Sages not to fight near the Purple Cloud Palace.
• Yuanshi and Taishang left for Kunlun Mountain, and Tongtian decided to plan for the Investiture of the Gods and investigate the courtyard behind his disciples' breakthroughs.
• Hongjun emerged from warped space, suspected Tongtian knew something about his plans, and sent divine sense into Tongtian's primordial spirit to watch him.
• Hongjun decided to find a pretext to release the Two Sages of the West so his Investiture of the Gods plan would not lose their help.

The Three Xiaos defeated the Chan Sect cultivators with the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, though using it injured their primordial spirits. When Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace, he summoned the Interception Sect’s second-generation disciples, leaving Zhao Gongming to help the Three Xiaos recover before they went to hear his announcement.

• The Three Xiaos emerged from the formation after the Antarctic Immortal fled and Yun Zhongzi, Chijingzi, and Grand Master Lingbao were trapped.
• Zhao Gongming moved the pale Three Xiaos to his cultivation ground and reproached them for risking their primordial spirits with a formation they had only just learned.
• Yunxiao and Bixiao explained that the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation could defeat many Peak Daluo Golden Immortals and even challenge an Early-Stage Quasi-Saint.
• Zhao Gongming decided to leave the trapped Chan Sect cultivators in the Primordial Golden Dou until their master returned and warned the Three Xiaos to stay within the Interception Sect.
• Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace and summoned all second-generation Interception Sect disciples to see him.
• Zhao Gongming sent magic power to help the Three Xiaos heal and told them to go to Biyou Palace once they finished cultivating.

Lin Tian broke through to the Profound Immortal realm, then learned that the system had still not fixed the bug letting others read his diary. He wrote an entry criticizing the Chan Sect over the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, and the system issued his rewards with an additional item for its mistake.

• Lin Tian consumed his final pill and absorbed the courtyard’s spiritual Qi and laws, breaking through to the Profound Immortal realm while Yazi cowered nearby.
• Lin Tian realized he had not written that day’s diary entry and asked the system whether others could still read it.
• The system admitted it had forgotten to fix the diary bug and said it was working on the problem, promising compensation.
• Lin Tian deliberately wrote about the Chan Sect’s responsibility for the Investiture of the Gods Calamity and the unfair treatment of the Jie Sect Disciples.
• The system announced that Lin Tian’s rewards had been issued, including an additional item because the bug remained unfixed.

Lin Tian claimed a Body-Suppressing Divine Pearl and an unexpected 100% Expert Demeanor reward, whose sudden change in presence startled Yazi. Meanwhile, Yuanshi Tianzun and Taishang hurried back to Kunlun Mountain to plan around the Investiture of the Gods, and Yuanshi sensed new information in the Great Dao Diary Scroll.

• Lin Tian claimed a Body-Suppressing Divine Pearl that protected his primordial spirit from hostile consciousness and concealed its details.
• The system granted Lin Tian 100% Expert Demeanor, and the reward transformed his presence into something Yazi mistook for a power greater than a Sage's.
• Lin Tian rested without noticing that the Five-Colored Stone was slowly absorbing the courtyard's spiritual Qi, growing, and developing a presence of life.
• Yuanshi Tianzun raged over Tongtian's treatment of the Chan Sect, while Taishang urged him to return to Kunlun Mountain and use the Investiture of the Gods against the Interception Sect.
• Yuanshi Tianzun sensed the Great Dao Diary Scroll tremble and hurried to return to the sect to attend to the new information.

Yuanshi secretly read the Great Dao Diary Scroll, which predicted that the Chan Sect would win the Investiture of the Gods and told him to kill Ji Chang and Ji Fa. He decided to arrange their deaths and keep the scroll from Taishang, while Hongjun discovered a strange presence around Yuanshi and resolved to investigate it.

• Taishang grew suspicious when Yuanshi left the Jade Void Palace without explaining his urgent business.
• Yuanshi traveled to a remote desert, concealed his presence, and secretly opened the Great Dao Diary Scroll.
• The scroll predicted the Chan Sect would win the Investiture of the Gods and that Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos would be defeated.
• The scroll instructed Yuanshi to kill Ji Chang and Ji Fa, whom it identified as variables in the calamity.
• Yuanshi decided to send someone to kill Ji Chang and Ji Fa, hide the scroll, and remain wary of Taishang.
• After Yuanshi departed, Hongjun appeared and sensed an unusual presence around him similar to Tongtian's.

Hongjun rebuked Jieyin and Zhunti for losing their treasures to Tongtian and confined them in Chaos after they complained. Jieyin then planned to enter the mortal-world conflict and weaken the fortune of Tongtian’s chosen faction, but kept his method secret.

• Hongjun failed to divine who was interfering with the Investiture of the Gods and overheard Jieyin and Zhunti discussing their plans.
• Jieyin and Zhunti resolved to exploit the coming conflict between the Interception Sect and the Chan Sect, though Zhunti lamented losing his Dharma treasures to Tongtian.
• Hongjun scolded the two Sages for exposing their planted piece and losing their treasures, then refused to hear Zhunti’s explanation.
• Hongjun said they would discuss the treasures in a few days and sent them into Chaos, leaving Jieyin and Zhunti to fear they would not recover them.
• Jieyin proposed going to the mortal world and diminishing the fortune of Tongtian’s chosen faction so the Chan Sect could defeat it.
• Jieyin claimed he had a plan to throw the mortal world into chaos but did not reveal it.

Tongtian divined that the Shang Dynasty had only twenty-eight years of fate remaining and chose to have the Interception Sect support Yin Shang in the Investiture of the Gods. He sent disciples to investigate the dynasty’s decline and revealed that Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos would be rewarded for killing two Chan Sect disciples.

• Tongtian divined that Di Xin had only twenty-eight years of fate left, despite being a worthy ruler, and suspected a hidden variable was weakening the Shang Dynasty.
• Tongtian decided that the Interception Sect would support Yin Shang as the orthodox Human Dao dynasty rather than back a rebellious feudal lord.
• Tongtian told Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiaos, and the Three Holy Mothers that the Investiture of the Gods’ main battlefield would be the mortal world and ordered third- and fourth-generation disciples to assist and investigate the Shang Dynasty.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother proposed sending Wen Zhong to aid Di Xin, and Tongtian also named Zhang Guifang and Yu Hua for the mission.
• Tongtian dismissed the Three Holy Mothers to make arrangements, then privately told Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos that their killing of two Chan Sect disciples had earned the Interception Sect its first achievement and would bring Heavenly Dao merit.

Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos learned how to send the spirits of defeated Chan Sect disciples onto the Investiture of the Gods, while Yuanshi and Taishang discussed the coming calamity. The four imprisoned Chan Sect disciples appeared on the list, leaving Yuanshi furious at Tongtian.

• Tongtian told Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos to kill the captured Chan Sect disciples and taught them the incantation for sending their spirits onto the Investiture of the Gods.
• Taishang pondered his cultivation and the realms beyond the Hunyuan Realm while he waited in the Jade Void Palace.
• Yuanshi returned and told Taishang he planned to settle their grudges during the Investiture of the Gods calamity, relying on the soon-to-emerge Randeng to overpower Interception Sect disciples.
• Yuanshi asked Taishang which mortal-world faction the Chan Sect should support, but Taishang had no knowledge of the Human Clan's affairs.
• The Investiture of the Gods appeared from Yuanshi's sleeve, and Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, Grand Master Lingbao, and Yun Zhongzi were written on it in blood-red names.
• Yuanshi erupted in fury and declared that he and Tongtian could not live under the same heaven.

Yuanshi restrained his rage at Tongtian and agreed with Taishang to postpone their feud while planning against the Interception Sect. When Taishang revealed that the Interception Sect had already secured Yin Shang, Yuanshi questioned why it should not be chosen.

• Yuanshi vented his fury over Tongtian sending Chan Sect disciples onto the Investiture of the Gods, while Taishang contained the destructive force.
• Yuanshi agreed to wait until after the Investiture of the Gods to settle his grievances and to work with Taishang against Tongtian and the Interception Sect.
• Taishang proposed secretly building their forces and seizing fortune in the Human Clan while awaiting the Two Sages of the West.
• Yuanshi suggested choosing Yin Shang, but Taishang said the Interception Sect had already claimed it.
• Yuanshi asked why Yin Shang was unsuitable, since the Human Emperor and the Human Clan's legitimate line were there.

Taishang advised Yuanshi to support Xiqi rather than Yin Shang in the Investiture of the Gods, claiming Yin Shang had less than twenty-eight years of fortune left. Yuanshi agreed to send Chan Sect disciples to Xiqi and asked whom he should dispatch first.

• Taishang sealed himself and Yuanshi inside a manifestation of yin and yang and explained that Yin Shang had less than twenty-eight years of fortune remaining.
• Taishang divined that Xiqi was a strong, heaven-favored alternative and urged Yuanshi to choose the Marquis of the West for the Investiture of the Gods.
• Yuanshi worried that Xiqi attacking Yin Shang would count as rebellion, but Taishang declared Yin Shang tyrannical and framed Xiqi's attack as acting on heaven's behalf.
• Taishang proposed using strange phenomena to portray the Marquis of the West as a sagely ruler and persuade the common people to support Xiqi.
• Yuanshi accepted Taishang's plan and decided to send Chan Sect disciples to Xiqi, asking whom to send first.

Yuanshi chose Jiang Ziya to descend to the Human Clan and assist Ji Chang and Ji Fa, while Tongtian investigated the mysterious courtyard connected to Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos. Tongtian discovered the courtyard was gone and noticed Wen Zhong appearing at its former site.

• Taishang suggested that Yuanshi send a weaker disciple to the Human Clan, and Yuanshi chose Jiang Ziya over Shen Gongbao because Jiang Ziya was human.
• Taishang advised Yuanshi to send Jiang Ziya with the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Beating Whip to assist Ji Chang and Ji Fa, whose names Yuanshi recognized from the Great Dao Diary.
• Tongtian told Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos that they could claim the treasures of the four Chan Sect disciples they had killed and instructed them to prepare to carry out the Investiture of the Gods.
• Tongtian sensed an unusual power around Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos, searched for the mysterious courtyard, and found that it had vanished.
• Tongtian overheard Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos planning to visit a senior, placed a strand of divine sense on Zhao Gongming, and saw Wen Zhong appear at the courtyard's former site.

Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos set off to give Lin Tian the Dharma treasures they had obtained, while Lin Tian wrote a diary entry about the Human Clan's suffering in the Investiture of the Gods. The system confirmed its bug was fixed and issued Lin Tian a reward for the new entry.

• Zhao Gongming persuaded the Three Xiaos to give Lin Tian all the Dharma treasures they had acquired while keeping the pills and cultivation methods for themselves.
• The four left the Interception Sect and flew toward Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian stabilized his cultivation, moved a Great Wall model outside to make room, and asked the system whether its diary bug could recur.
• After the system said another incident was unlikely but possible, Lin Tian wrote a diary entry about the Human Clan's role in the Investiture of the Gods.
• Lin Tian lamented the Human Clan's suffering, and the system announced that his reward was ready.

Lin Tian received Buddhist scriptures and a Buddha Qi physique from the system, then bargained for extra rewards before learning Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos were approaching with Wen Zhong. Zhao Gongming recognized Wen Zhong on the mountain and wondered whether Senior had brought him there.

• The system bestowed the Three Scriptures of the Divine School and a Buddha Qi physique on Lin Tian, whose golden aura was contained by the courtyard’s formations.
• Lin Tian complained that the Buddhist scriptures were useless, then negotiated with the system to add two rewards to tomorrow’s reward.
• The system warned Lin Tian that Gongming and her three younger sisters were nearby and identified their companion as a loyal, upright old man with three eyes.
• Lin Tian saw Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiaos, and the unfamiliar old man outside, then went out to meet them.
• Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos walked up the mountain with prepared magic treasures to thank Senior for helping them against the Chan Sect.
• Zhao Gongming spotted Wen Zhong riding a black qilin and suggested that they go see why he was there.

Wen Zhong unexpectedly appeared near Lin Tian’s secluded courtyard and joined Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos in visiting the mysterious senior. Tongtian could not detect their destination with his divine sense, then noticed a new message in the Great Dao Diary.

• Wen Zhong told Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiaos that he had passed through a strange space and suddenly appeared on their mountain.
• Zhao Gongming invited Wen Zhong to visit a senior and warned him to conceal his identity and speak little.
• Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiaos, and Wen Zhong entered Lin Tian’s courtyard after Lin Tian invited them inside.
• Tongtian wondered who the senior was and found that his divine sense could no longer detect Zhao Gongming and the others.
• Tongtian resolved to question Zhao Gongming about the place, then noticed the Great Dao Diary glowing with a new message.