Recaps

Ye Xuan recruited Bai Susu and her western rats into the Heavenly Rat Shadow Guards, then faced Saint Zhunti and Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun in battles over Chaoge and his treasures. Nuwa and Taishang Laozi interrupted the fighting, and Sect Master Tongtian arrived as Yuanshi prepared to attack again.

• Ye Xuan recruited Bai Susu as the rat representative for the Twelve Zodiac Animals Formation and tasked her with organizing the western rats into the Heavenly Rat Shadow Guards.
• Saint Zhunti confronted Ye Xuan over his visit to Spirit Mountain, but Ye Xuan defeated his attacks and forced him to concede before Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun intervened.
• Ye Xuan rejected Yuanshi Tianzun’s demands, summoned the Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and Primordial Qilin from their coffins, and refused to return the Heaven Lamp Glazed Lamp.
• Ye Xuan fought Yuanshi Tianzun with the Soul-Scattering Red Gourd, Xuanyuan Sword, and Kongtong Seal, while the Great Cauldrons of the Nine Provinces empowered the seal against the Pangu Banner.
• Yuanshi Tianzun and Ye Xuan pinned each other with their treasures, and Zhunti tried to attack Ye Xuan until Nuwa knocked away his Blessing Divine Pestle.
• Taishang Laozi used the Taiji Diagram to make Ye Xuan and Yuanshi Tianzun recall their treasures, but Yuanshi renewed his attack after Ye Xuan refused his demands.
• Sect Master Tongtian arrived on his Kui Ox and rebuked Yuanshi Tianzun, joining Ye Xuan’s side against him.

Ye Xuan secured Tongtian’s alliance, helped Houtu establish the Netherworld, and restored the Ancestral Witches. Meanwhile, Jiang Ziya’s life in Chaoge faltered and he left for Xiqi as Bo Yikao set out to ransom Ji Chang.

• Sect Master Tongtian fought Yuanshi Tianzun above Chaoge, then ended the battle after Taishang Laozi intervened.
• Ye Xuan showed Tongtian visions of the Great Tribulation and persuaded him to ally with the Human Emperor and Nuwa.
• Ye Xuan helped Houtu organize the Netherworld, earning merit and winning her cooperation in restoring the Ancestral Witches.
• Ye Xuan awakened the Ancestral Witches and Xing Tian, sealed them in bronze coffins, and received the Pangu Bloodline from the system.
• Jiang Ziya reunited with Song Yiren, married Lady Ma, tried several livelihoods, and divorced her after his fortune-telling revealed Yin Shang’s threatened fall.
• Jiang Ziya left Chaoge for Xiqi, while Bo Yikao entrusted Xiqi’s affairs to Ji Fa, San Yisheng, and Nangong Shi before departing to ransom Ji Chang.
• Bi Gan agreed to introduce Bo Yikao to the Human Emperor, though he privately feared Bo Yikao would meet a bad end.

Ye Xuan secured the release of Ji Chang through a humiliating trial for Bo Yikao, then marched east to stop the Eastern Yi invasion. After defeating the Eastern Yi army and capturing its summoned Great Witches, he returned victorious to Jiaozhou City and asked for Eastern Lu’s casualty tally.

• Bo Yikao offered Ye Xuan treasures and played the qin for a chance to visit Ji Chang, but Ye Xuan allowed the visit only after showing his musical superiority.
• Bo Yikao secretly confronted Su Daji in Chaoge, and Ye Xuan had him seized before forcing Ji Chang to eat his son’s flesh to earn his release.
• Ye Xuan freed Zhenzhen, the White-Faced Divine Monkey, and welcomed her among the Twelve Zodiac Animals.
• After learning the Eastern Yi had invaded Eastern Lu, Ye Xuan led an army east and met Jiang Hengchu and Jiang Wenhuan.
• Ye Xuan gathered more than four hundred thousand troops and routed the Eastern Yi advance before challenging their leaders to battle.
• King Yueji killed a Yin Shang general and wounded Jiang Wenhuan, but Zhang Guifang knocked her from her mount and Jiang Wenhuan captured her.
• The Yin Shang army overwhelmed the Eastern Yi, and Ye Xuan captured the Great Witches summoned by the Sacrifice King.
• The Priest King’s curse failed against Ye Xuan and killed him, prompting the Eastern Evil King to retreat as Yin Shang won with fewer than five hundred casualties.

Ye Xuan brought the Eastern Yi Clan under Yin Shang, crushed a rebellion in Chaoge, and strengthened his allies and his own power. After meeting Kong Xuan and preparing to confront Xiqi and the Saints, he traveled to Taiyin Star and found Chang'e and Jade Rabbit at Guanghan Palace.

• Ye Xuan persuaded King Yueji to submit the Eastern Yi Clan, promised support for its people, and established policies for trade, farming, fishing, salt, and intermarriage.
• Ye Xuan returned to Chaoge with his army, honored the fallen soldiers, and began military exercises and plans to train battlefield physicians.
• Zi Qi and Zi Yan rebelled with help from Empress Dowager Gao, but Huang Feihu and Chaoge's forces crushed the uprising and captured its leaders.
• Ye Xuan confined Empress Dowager Gao, sent the captured rebels to Ji Chang, and discovered that Ji Chang's fortune still held a strange bloody glow.
• Ye Xuan transformed Empress Jiang into a Mystic Immortal, gave her and the other women magical treasures, then entered seclusion and developed his Strength Dharma Body using the Pangu Bloodline.
• Ye Xuan welcomed Kong Xuan to Chaoge, revealed that he was Wuming and the Human Dao Saint, and asked her to help gather the Phoenix, Dragon, and Qilin forces before a coming battle with the Saints.
• Ye Xuan traveled to Taiyin Star to seek the Golden Crows' remains and recruit Jade Rabbit, then found Chang'e and Jade Rabbit at Guanghan Palace.