Ne Zha: My Fate Is Not Heaven's to Decide

The curse of reincarnation: every rebel may become the next tyrant.

Yuanshi Tianzun seeks to reshape the world order through the "Fengshen Altar Project," replacing the Tianyuan Cauldron with incense pills. In truth, he is turning mortal faith into strings for his puppets.

Before falling into the Infinite Hell, the Boundless Immortal Elder uses his last scraps of spiritual power to curse Shen Gongbao: "You protect the demon clan, so I will make the Three Realms... see demons as a calamity!" The curse drives every demon beast into a frenzy.

After Shen Gongbao awakens his Ancient Desolate True Form, some great demons hail him as the "new king." The radicals want to seize the cauldron's core and launch a counterattack, while the moderates want to kill him in exchange for peace.

Shen Gongbao is surrounded by the Black Prison Bureau in the desert. Nezha is ordered to "hunt him down" and pierces his shoulder with a spear, but whispers, "Head west... there's a way out."