The Sequel to Investiture of the Gods: The Heavenly Dao Pact

King Wu secures the throne, and Jiang Ziya enshrines 365 righteous gods at the Investiture of the Gods Altar on Mount Qi. The Celestial Court's order is established, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun grants the Three Pure Ones Saint-Slaying Pills to keep the Sages in check. The Three Realms return to a temporary calm. Yet the Investiture List is actually a “contractual vessel” within Hongjun's Heavenly Dao system. It fills a gap in the Heavenly Dao while binding the gods as “nourishment” to sustain the Three Realms. The hidden crisis gradually erupts a thousand years later. Three hundred years later, Bo Yikao, the Ziwei Great Emperor, observes the stars at night and sees the Big Dipper shift and the Nine Luminaries dim. When he tries to divine the secrets of heaven, he is struck by a backlash and faints, foretelling the coming tribulation. At Chentang Pass, a wave of blood suddenly erupts. Nezha's lotus body inexplicably begins to decay, and Taiyi Zhenren uses the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover to suppress it, only to glimpse in the flames a netherworld blood curse formed from Shi Ji Niangniang's resentment. At the same time, Kunlun Mountain's Jade Void Palace suddenly seals itself shut. The words left by Yuanshi Tianzun read, “The Heavenly Dao is damaged; the tribulation begins with the Investiture of the Gods.” Jiang Ziya takes up the God-Beating Whip to seek answers but is blocked by a barrier. On the way, he encounters Shen Gongbao's remnant soul and learns that the Investiture List is a “patch” for a gap in the Heavenly Dao. Beneath the Netherworld Blood Sea, Ancestor Minghe sacrifices the Asura Race and takes advantage of the Investiture List's weakened power to send the blood sea flooding into the mortal world. Mortals who touch the blood become Asura puppets. In the ghost ruins of Chaoge, King Zhou's remnant soul awakens. Wielding a broken sword etched with Jie Sect runes, he sacrifices the fortune of the Human King in an attempt to summon Sect Master Tongtian's Myriad Immortals Formation once more. Yang Jian splits Peach Mountain again to save his mother, only to discover that Yaoji has become a Sky-Mending Stone covered in cracks. Nuwa's sigh comes from within the stone: back then, the Investiture of the Gods used the fortune of humanity to mend the Heavenly Dao, and now the backlash has arrived. The back of the Investiture List is covered in blood-red patterns that devour the incense offerings. The surviving Jie Sect disciple Wudang Holy Mother secretly gathers allies…