Chu Yi’s soul crosses into the Zixiao Palace, where Dao Ancestor Hongjun exposes his mortal identity and forcibly installs him as Haotian Shangdi, despite his having been only a young attendant. The Chaos Bell is stuffed into his arms, and the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, and Jieyin and Zhunti gather in the hall. He has barely finished calling them “Senior Brothers and Sisters” when he is told to rebuild the Heavenly Court from the ruins left by the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation. This thirty-three-year-old modern man grips the little bell hidden in his sleeve and must take up the scorching burden of the throne, all while navigating the subtle gazes of the Sages.
