The Dragon King and the Four Seas Dragon King flood Chentang Pass to force Li Jing to hand over Nezha. After Nezha kills himself and his mortal body dies, Taiyi wants to build a temple to help him be rebirthed. Taoist Ran Deng presents Li Jing with the exquisite pagoda, saying that if Nezha accepts the incense without merit, he would be attacked by the devil's heart.

In the last years of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou is unruly in his governance. He is seduced by the fox demon Su Daji and becomes licentious, while demons and disasters are rampant in the city of Shang.