Recaps

After King Zhou ordered Bo Yikao’s minced flesh made into meat cakes for Ji Chang, Daji realized that True Person Taiyi had died and fainted in terror. Jinling took Bo Yikao’s spirit away, while Ji Chang divined the scheme awaiting him in Youli and understood that eating his son’s flesh was the only way to survive.

• King Zhou ordered Bo Yikao’s minced corpse sent to the kitchen, and Daji proposed that Ji Chang be made to eat it.
• Daji recognized that the dead Daluo was True Person Taiyi and that the other cultivator had been Yuding True Person, then fainted.
• Bo Yikao pleaded with Jinling to save Ji Chang, but Jinling challenged him to explain why she should help and took him away.
• In Youli, Ji Chang used his Zhou Changes to divine Bo Yikao’s death and King Zhou’s plan to test him with the meat cakes.
• Ji Chang realized he would have to eat Bo Yikao’s flesh calmly to survive, while Bo Yikao’s spirit wept above him.

Bo Yikao watched his punishment unfold and died, his true spirit gathered by the Investiture of the Gods. Jinling and Guiling identified the Investiture’s power and destroyed Bo Yikao’s body before leaving.

• Bo Yikao watched King Zhou’s guards deliver meat pies made from his flesh to Ji Chang, who hid his grief while playing the zither.
• Bo Yikao blamed himself for his father’s suffering and asked Jinling what came next; she told him he would die as his Primordial Spirit began to disperse.
• Bo Yikao’s soul scattered, and the Investiture of the Gods gathered his true spirit.
• Guiling joined Jinling and sensed that the Investiture had been activated by a Sage at Mount Kunlun; Jinling confirmed it was in Celestial Venerable Yuanshi’s hands.
• Guiling produced Bo Yikao’s body, and Jinling burned it completely to prevent it from becoming a weakness for the Purple Tånúó Star.

Ji Chang escaped Youli, restored his son’s remains to three rabbits, and returned toward Xiqi while Fuxi and Guiling recognized his unusual potential. Back at Changsheng's Dao Field, Ao Changsheng warned Guiling against joining the Investiture of the Gods, then sent her off with a prank that made her realize she had years before her promised departure.

• Fuxi watched Ji Chang in Youli and judged that his Eight Trigrams talent might lead him to Hunyuan Daluo, but left him to escape on his own.
• San Yisheng bribed Fei Zhong and You Hun, and King Zhou allowed Ji Chang to leave; Leizhenzi carried him over the five passes to Yin Shang's border.
• Ji Chang spat out the meat patties that had been his son, and his Eight Trigrams transformed them into three rabbits; he thanked Guiling and resumed his journey to Xiqi in a bedraggled disguise.
• Guiling returned to Changsheng's Dao Field and found Ao Changsheng's records of her past disrespect; he warned her that she was unprepared for the Investiture of the Gods and urged her to cultivate.
• Guiling insisted that she would go with Jinling, and Ao Changsheng ultimately supported her while pretending to be sorrowful; after she left, he revealed his amusement at the prank.
• Guiling stopped outside the Dao Field and realized she had several years before her appointed departure, then shouted that Ao Changsheng had tricked her.

Ao Changsheng watched Guiling join the Investiture of the Gods Calamity without intervening, while Fuxi completed his Eight Trigrams and sensed the Human Race’s conflict turning toward its end. At Golden Rooster Ridge, Kong Xuan led Yin Shang’s army to block Western Zhou, declaring the ridge their final stop.

• Ao Changsheng let Guiling follow Jinling into the calamity and reflected that the Sages’ mistrust and schemes shaped its course.
• Ten thousand years passed as the conflict remained centered on the Chan and Jie Sects, reassuring other Primordial World cultivators that the calamity would spare them.
• Fuxi completed his Great Dao of the Eight Trigrams and sensed the Shang-Zhou conflict nearing its end, while the Human Race’s fortune subtly shifted toward Western Zhou.
• Fuxi expected an opportunity to attain the Dao after the war, but remained in seclusion to prepare for it.
• At Golden Rooster Ridge, Kong Xuan led millions of Yin Shang soldiers toward Western Zhou’s camp and vowed to stop its army there.

Kong Xuan reached Golden Rooster Ridge to confront Xiqi over its use of the Phoenix Clan’s name and defeated Huang Tianhua in a single move. As he challenged the Zhou army again, Zhao Gongming offered to help, while Nüwa went to seek Ao Changsheng.

• Kong Xuan encamped at Golden Rooster Ridge and ordered his troops to block the Xiqi army’s advance.
• Jiang Ziya learned that Kong Xuan’s forces had arrived and gathered his generals to plan their response.
• Kong Xuan challenged Xiqi over its Phoenix Clan banner, and Huang Tianhua charged out to fight him.
• Kong Xuan’s Five Elements power hurled Huang Tianhua and his qilin down the slope, leaving the Xiqi generals shaken.
• Kong Xuan challenged the Xiqi army again, Zhao Gongming offered to assist him, and Nüwa traveled from Wa Palace to the East Sea to seek Ao Changsheng.

Kong Xuan crushed Wu Ji’s troops and easily defended himself against Nezha’s fierce attack at Golden Rooster Ridge. He knocked Nezha down, took his Wind Fire Wheels, and demanded that Jiang Ziya face him.

• Wu Ji identified Jiang Ziya as the one who raised the phoenix banner, prompting Kong Xuan to unleash his Five Elements power and rout the Xiqi soldiers.
• Kong Xuan swept Wu Ji and the surviving troops down the mountain, while Wu Ji recognized that their foe was a Quasi-Sage.
• Nezha attacked Kong Xuan with his Wind Fire Wheels and other weapons, but Kong Xuan shielded himself with a Five Elements space linked to the Human Race’s Nine Provinces Barrier.
• Zhao Gongming arrived, and Kong Xuan struck Nezha on the head with golden divine radiance, defeating him instantly.
• Kong Xuan took Nezha’s Wind Fire Wheels and sent him reeling back with a water attack, again demanding that Jiang Ziya come out.

Kong Xuan confronted Jiang Ziya over Xiqi’s use of the phoenix banner, then defeated him in battle with his Five-Colored Divine Light. Jiang Ziya planned a nighttime raid, while Kong Xuan celebrated his victories and vowed to capture him.

• Kong Xuan ordered Nezha to summon Jiang Ziya, but Nezha returned to camp and Xiqi’s army avoided coming out until Kong Xuan called for Jiang Ziya publicly.
• Jiang Ziya arrived with his officers and disciples, and Kong Xuan demanded that Xiqi stop using the Phoenix Clan’s banner.
• Jiang Ziya defended Xiqi’s cause by invoking Heaven’s mandate, so Kong Xuan warned that he would kill the Zhou warriors if they kept using the Phoenix name.
• Jiang Ziya charged Kong Xuan and tried to use the God-Beating Whip, but Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light broke his formation and swallowed the whip, forcing Jiang Ziya to retreat.
• Jiang Ziya planned a nighttime raid, assigning attacks on Kong Xuan’s main camp and both flanks.
• Kong Xuan celebrated with his troops and declared that he would soon capture Jiang Ziya and defeat the Western Zhou army.

Kong Xuan slaughtered the Xiqi army at Golden Rooster Ridge, stopping its advance and prompting Zhunti to set out to recruit him. Guiling intercepted Zhunti and fought him, delaying his attempt to convert Kong Xuan while the battlefield remained in chaos.

• Kong Xuan charged into the Xiqi army after Jiang Ziya’s forces had attacked him by night, killing soldiers and generals who tried to stop him.
• Jiang Ziya sent out every available expert and commander, but Kong Xuan defeated them and halted the Xiqi advance at Golden Rooster Ridge.
• Jieyin and Zhunti watched Kong Xuan’s rampage, and Zhunti decided to go to Golden Rooster Ridge to recruit him into the Western Sect.
• Guiling intercepted Zhunti, declaring that she would protect Kong Xuan because he was holding back Xiqi and was connected to her friend Jinling.
• Guiling used her inner world and spirit treasures to fight Zhunti, delaying his attempt to recruit Kong Xuan while Kong Xuan continued slaughtering the Xiqi forces.

Kong Xuan slaughtered the Xiqi army while Cult Master Tongtian watched from nearby with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation ready. Daoist Zhunti’s incarnation arrived to convert Kong Xuan, and Kong Xuan began to waver when Zhunti promised he might attain Sagehood.

• Kong Xuan used his Five-Colored Divine Light to massacre Xiqi soldiers and defeat the Chan Sect disciples who challenged him.
• Cult Master Tongtian completed the mobile Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and watched the battle rather than joining it.
• Daoist Zhunti’s Three Corpses incarnation arrived and blocked Kong Xuan’s attacks with the Seven Treasures Miaoshu while preaching that he should join the Western Sect.
• Zhao Gongming urged Cult Master Tongtian to drive Zhunti away, but Tongtian refused to become entangled in the Phoenix Clan’s karma and told them not to act.
• Zhunti promised Kong Xuan that joining the Western Sect might lead to Sagehood, and Kong Xuan asked if the promise was true.

Daoist Zhunti tried to persuade Kong Xuan to leave the battlefield by promising him a foundation for becoming a Sage, but Kong Xuan refused to abandon his grievances against Xiqi. Zhunti then offered to handle the remaining conflict himself, while Jiang Ziya recognized that Zhunti wanted to claim credit.

• Daoist Zhunti used the Seven Treasures Miaoshu and the Western Sect's power of faith to tempt Kong Xuan with the prospect of becoming a Sage.
• Kong Xuan agreed to visit the Western Sect someday but refused to join it, and Guiling praised his answer.
• Jiang Ziya ordered his army to spread out and hold back while Daoist Zhunti continued trying to influence Kong Xuan.
• Kong Xuan renewed his determination to kill Jiang Ziya and destroy the Xiqi army, causing Daoist Zhunti to admit that his attempt to persuade him had failed.
• Daoist Zhunti told Jiang Ziya he would resolve the conflict, and Jiang Ziya suspected he was trying to lecture him publicly and claim credit.

Kong Xuan left with Daoist Zhunti for the Western Sect after striking Jiang Ziya, while Cult Master Tongtian deployed his Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation against the Xiqi army. With the army devastated and morale broken, Jiang Ziya decided to ask his master for help.

• Daoist Zhunti pressed Jiang Ziya to apologize to Kong Xuan, but Kong Ling arrived and offered the Phoenix Clan a share of the army's merit instead.
• Kong Xuan slapped Jiang Ziya before the assembled troops, then agreed to visit the Western Sect with Daoist Zhunti.
• Guiling revealed that she had stalled Zhunti while Cult Master Tongtian spread the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation's killing Qi across the battlefield.
• Jiang Ziya led the Xiqi army in a panicked retreat as the killing Qi killed many soldiers and left the surviving generals badly shaken.
• Jiang Ziya proposed asking his master to intervene against Cult Master Tongtian's formation.

After Cult Master Tongtian set up the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and slaughtered Xiqi's troops, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi sought allies to face the formation. He won the Western Sect's support, leaving the final battle alliance in place.

• Jiang Ziya told Celestial Venerable Yuanshi that Cult Master Tongtian had set up the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and killed more than a hundred thousand soldiers.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi agreed to go confront Tongtian, while Grand Pure One Laozi promised to intervene if Tongtian had truly gone mad.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi traveled to the Western Sect and praised Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti's accomplishments and resources.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi promised the Western Sect that it would rise after the war and gain influence over the Human Race, winning Jieyin and Zhunti over.
• Jieyin and Zhunti pledged to act against Cult Master Tongtian if Celestial Venerable Yuanshi asked, forming the final battle alliance.

Celestial Venerable Yuanshi arrived to calm Xiqi’s army and examined Cult Master Tongtian’s Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, whose killing Qi had devastated the surrounding land. After giving Jiang Ziya the Pangu Banner to protect the army, Yuanshi confronted Tongtian, who entered the formation and challenged him to follow.

• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi reassured the frightened Xiqi forces, and Jiang Ziya helped calm the troops.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi took Jiang Ziya above the battlefield and saw the vast, deadly Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi gave Jiang Ziya the Pangu Banner to protect Xiqi’s army from the formation’s killing Qi.
• Cult Master Tongtian emerged and angrily ordered Jiang Ziya to leave, then confronted Celestial Venerable Yuanshi over the war and the deaths of Jie Sect disciples.
• Cult Master Tongtian entered the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and invited Celestial Venerable Yuanshi to enter and face him.

Cult Master Tongtian trapped Celestial Venerable Yuanshi in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and overwhelmed him with its attacks. As the formation shook the Primordial World, Grand Pure One Laozi prepared to intervene, while Jieyin and Zhunti resolved to join the Chan Sect against Tongtian.

• Jiang Ziya and several generals activated the Pangu Banner, shielding the Western Zhou soldiers from the formation's killing intent.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi used Chaos Sword Qi and the Jade Purity Casket to enter the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, where Tongtian's attacks forced him onto the defensive.
• Cult Master Tongtian rejected Yuanshi's appeal for reconciliation and unleashed the formation's full power against him.
• Grand Pure One Laozi watched Yuanshi disappear into the formation and prepared to join the battle, though Ancestor Hongjun remained in seclusion.
• Jieyin and Zhunti decided to support the Chan Sect and help suppress Tongtian and break the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.

Cult Master Tongtian’s Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation trapped Celestial Venerable Yuanshi and began stripping away his merit, while Grand Pure One Laozi hesitated outside rather than enter. Guiling, Jinling, and Zhao Gongming confronted Laozi as the battle between the Sages continued.

• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi called for Grand Pure One Laozi, Jieyin, and Zhunti to join the fight after becoming trapped in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
• Grand Pure One Laozi arrived and used the Pangu Banner to protect Jiang Ziya and the Xiqi army, but feared entering the formation.
• Cult Master Tongtian attacked Celestial Venerable Yuanshi with Sword Qi and Killing Qi, rejecting Yuanshi’s accusation that he was striking to kill.
• Grand Pure One Laozi claimed Yuanshi and Tongtian were merely catching up, though he could not see what was happening inside the formation.
• Guiling, Jinling, and Zhao Gongming confronted Grand Pure One Laozi, and Guiling mocked him for being unable to see into the formation.

Guiling publicly challenged Grand Pure One Laozi’s Dao and exposed her claim that his One Qi Transforms into the Three Purities relied on the seven emotions and six desires. Laozi attacked her, and Guiling, Zhao Gongming, and Jinling fought his three forms while Jiang Ziya worried over the battle.

• Guiling rejected Grand Pure One Laozi’s Dao as unorthodox and argued that the Human Race belonged under Nüwa, Fuxi, and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
• Guiling claimed Laozi’s One Qi Transforms into the Three Purities used lust, irritability, joy, and hatred, leaving the crowd and Laozi astonished.
• Grand Pure One Laozi grew angry and unleashed three forms to attack Guiling, while Zhao Gongming and Jinling joined the fight.
• Guiling fought Laozi’s true body, Zhao Gongming trapped two clones with his Sea-Calming Divine Pearls, and Jinling faced the remaining clone.
• Guiling used her inner world and divine hammer to withstand Laozi’s attacks as Jiang Ziya realized his side had no one ready to fight.

Jieyin and Zhunti entered the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation after making a deal with Haotian and using the Jade Disc of Creation to shield themselves from its killing intent. They found Celestial Venerable Yuanshi badly weakened, and he asked them to break the formation quickly.

• Grand Pure One Laozi used the Wind-Fire Futon and Taiji Diagram to gain the upper hand against Guiling, Zhao Gongming, and Jinling.
• Jieyin and Zhunti arrived, and Jiang Ziya welcomed them as they prepared to enter the formation.
• Zhunti used the Seven Treasures Miaoshu to clear the mist around the formation and reveal its intricate, deadly structure.
• The chapter revealed that Haotian had promised to support the Western Sect in exchange for Jieyin and Zhunti's help, and had given them the Jade Disc of Creation.
• Jieyin and Zhunti entered the formation with the Jade Disc of Creation protecting them, and Celestial Venerable Yuanshi asked them to break it quickly.

Cult Master Tongtian unleashed the full Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation against Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti, while Celestial Venerable Yuanshi devised a way to break it. Grand Pure One Laozi entered the formation, but Jieyin and Zhunti still refused to split up, leaving the Sages unable to carry out the plan.

• Jieyin and Zhunti entered the formation and used the Jade Disc of Creation to defend themselves, but realized they lacked a way to break it.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi called for his disciples to take the four swords while the Sages attacked the formation from four directions.
• Cult Master Tongtian battered Celestial Venerable Yuanshi with his Hunyuan Horsetail Whisk as the Chan Sect disciples failed to reach their master.
• Grand Pure One Laozi froze his opponents outside and entered the formation, followed by Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, and Yuding True Person.
• Guangchengzi and Chijingzi fled behind Grand Pure One Laozi for protection, while Jieyin and Zhunti continued refusing to separate and break the formation.

Cult Master Tongtian’s Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation trapped the four Sages and left Celestial Venerable Yuanshi near defeat. After Yuanshi offered his war merit and Sun and Moon Pill Furnace to persuade the others to act, Tongtian shifted his attacks toward Grand Pure One Laozi.

• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi urged the four Sages to break the formation, but Grand Pure One Laozi could only defend himself and the Chan Sect disciples with the Taiji Diagram.
• Jieyin and Zhunti stayed together beneath the Jade Disc of Creation’s protection because they feared splitting up inside the formation.
• Cult Master Tongtian struck Celestial Venerable Yuanshi with a powerful Sword-Ray, destroying his Good Corpse and Evil Corpse and severing his arm.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi offered Jieyin and Zhunti all the merit from the Investiture of the Gods War and promised Grand Pure One Laozi the Sun and Moon Pill Furnace.
• Jieyin and Zhunti considered Yuanshi’s offer as Cult Master Tongtian redirected his murderous intent toward Grand Pure One Laozi.

Cult Master Tongtian opened a passage through the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation so Wen Zhong’s Yin Shang army could fight Jiang Ziya’s Xiqi forces, while Tongtian continued battling the Sages. As the armies clashed, Tongtian spotted a flaw in Grand Pure One Laozi’s defenses and prepared to attack him with two swords.

• Jiang Ziya tried to rush into the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation after seeing Celestial Venerable Yuanshi gravely injured, but the Xiqi army stopped him.
• Wen Zhong arrived with the Yin Shang army and asked Cult Master Tongtian to open a passage so his forces could fight Xiqi.
• At Tongtian’s command, Zhao Gongming and Jinling constructed a passage through the formation, and Wen Zhong led his army through it.
• Shen Gongbao, the Three Xiao Ladies, and other Yin Shang experts joined the battle, while the Six Monsters of Mount Mei helped rout Xiqi’s forces.
• Cult Master Tongtian spotted a flaw in Grand Pure One Laozi’s defenses and summoned the Green Duckweed Sword and the Withered Wood Sword to attack him.

Cult Master Tongtian disrupted Grand Pure One Laozi’s Taiji Diagram with vitality and withered-wood energy, leaving the Chan Sect’s Golden Immortals trapped between the diagram and the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. The diagram collapsed, and a Sword-Ray pierced Laozi’s chest, leaving him unable to fight.

• Cult Master Tongtian sent the Green Duckweed Sword into the Taiji Diagram, throwing its yin-yang energy into chaos.
• Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, and Yuding True Person tried to flee the diagram but were wounded by the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and forced back inside.
• The three disciples shifted into the yin half of the Taiji Diagram, where Sha Qi drained their vitality and left them gravely injured.
• Grand Pure One Laozi evaded Tongtian by darting between the diagram’s two poles, unable to save the trapped disciples.
• Tongtian’s swords spun vitality and withered-wood energy through the Taiji Diagram until it collapsed.
• Laozi unleashed his horsetail whisk, but a Sword-Ray pierced his chest; he spat blood, lost his fighting strength, and fell.

Cult Master Tongtian pressed his attack on Jieyin and Zhunti, while the Yin Shang army gained the upper hand outside the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation. A mysterious piece of dead wood disrupted the formation and restored the trapped Sages, who charged to break free.

• Cult Master Tongtian demanded that Jieyin and Zhunti surrender the Jade Disc of Creation, and the two Sages chose to withdraw from the fight.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi and Grand Pure One Laozi despaired as the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation continued to threaten them.
• Grand Preceptor Wen's Yin Shang army pushed through west of Golden Rooster Ridge and gained control of the battlefield.
• An ethereal voice sent a piece of dead wood into the formation, causing it to tremble and restoring vitality to the Sages.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi recognized a likely intervention by Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, then led the four Sages in a charge to break the formation.

A mysterious power destabilized Cult Master Tongtian’s Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, allowing the Sages and Golden Immortals to attack its four swords. Cult Master Tongtian recognized Grand Pure One Laozi’s deception and fought to stop him, but Laozi’s Chaos Gourd began drawing in the sword and Tongtian’s spiritual essence.

• A piece of deadwood drifted into the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, and its arrival caused the formation and the world to waver into chaos.
• Celestial Venerable Yuanshi rallied the attackers as the four Sages and the Golden Immortals rushed toward the formation’s four swords.
• Cult Master Tongtian realized Grand Pure One Laozi had entered with his true body and was heading north to attack the Azure Dragon, so he turned his assault on Laozi.
• Grand Pure One Laozi used a yellow Chaos Gourd to draw away the killing intent and Immortal-Slaying Sword, and its pull began affecting Cult Master Tongtian’s three souls and seven spirits.
• Cult Master Tongtian unleashed a storm of swords against Laozi, rejected his accusation that Tongtian had fallen into the Devil Dao, and intensified his attack as Jiang Ziya watched from outside the formation.

As the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation devastated the battlefield, its outer defenses were breached and its four divine beasts were removed, but a hidden core formation emerged. Cult Master Tongtian unleashed its swords of yin and yang and the five elements, leaving Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, and Yuding True Person gravely wounded.

• Jiang Ziya ordered the Xiqi and Great Zhou army to retreat as Grand Preceptor Wen Zhong led Yin Shang in pursuit.
• Grand Pure One Laozi captured the northern Azure Dragon, and Guiling plugged the resulting gap with her inner world.
• Jieyin and Zhunti captured the western White Tiger and southern Vermilion Bird, while Celestial Venerable Yuanshi swallowed the Black Tortoise.
• After the clouds cleared, the Sages discovered a hidden core formation beneath the four poles, formed from yin and yang and the five elements.
• Cult Master Tongtian launched swords from the core formation, and Guangchengzi, Chijingzi, and Yuding True Person were struck and badly wounded.

Cult Master Tongtian trapped the Sages in the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and overwhelmed their defenses. He destroyed Grand Pure One Laozi’s Law Artifacts, absorbed him into the formation, and then severely wounded Daoist Jieyin before turning on Daoist Zhunti.

• Guangchengzi and the other Chan Sect Golden Immortals gathered and formed a defensive formation, but the Yin-Yang Five Elements Sword Formation suppressed them.
• Cult Master Tongtian attacked Grand Pure One Laozi with the formation’s swords, destroying his Law Artifacts and absorbing him into the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
• Jieyin and Zhunti found themselves trapped and unable to escape the formation.
• Jieyin used the Seven Treasures Miaoshu to try to make a safe zone, but the Withered Wood Sword cracked it and pierced his head, severely wounding him.
• Cult Master Tongtian turned on Zhunti and attacked with the fused Immortal-Slaying Swords, while Zhunti countered with the Western Sect’s palm-leaf fan and its flames.