Recaps

Si Ming and his companions failed to stop Hongdou from sealing the Flesh and Blood Wormhole, leaving Si Ming separated from them and badly weakened in the Western Martial World. As Si Ming recovered, he cured Zhao Jiaren and built the Heavenly Martial Alliance, which began spreading through Pingyuan Commandery as its members sought out Anomalies.

• Si Ming and his companions fought the Crimson Shadow King and the Lu Lineage’s forces, but the completed formation opened a wormhole that pulled Hongdou, Si Ming, Si Shuiyun, and Si Jingyu through.
• Hongdou sacrificed herself to collapse the Flesh and Blood Wormhole, and Si Ming crushed the Crimson Shadow King’s origin core before heading toward the evil eye.
• Si Ming, Si Shuiyun, and Si Jingyu traveled with the Origin Return Sect in the Western Martial World while Si Ming recovered from severe injuries.
• Si Ming trained Liang Zhenhuan in martial arts and agreed with Si Jingyu to form a loose faction, starting with the Origin Return Sect.
• Si Ming destroyed the Anomaly draining Zhao Jiaren, restored some of his own strength, and agreed to teach Zhao Jiaren and his sister.
• Si Ming established the Heavenly Martial Alliance with Zhao Donglai, offering martial arts, instruction, and Soul Intent Diagrams in exchange for membership and contribution points.
• Si Ming defeated Tian Baoqi with one punch, bringing the Three Rivers Gang and eight sects into the alliance, which then attracted more martial sects.
• Qiu Dahu rode toward Pingyuan Commandery to investigate a suspected Monster Race creature, while Si Ming postponed a promotion after Si Jingyu warned him not to provoke stronger forces.

Si Ming expanded the Heavenly Martial Alliance and faced pressure from the aristocratic families, agreeing to settle their dispute through seven contests. The alliance took a 3–2 lead after Si Shuiyun defeated Shen Wumian, with the sixth contest above the waterfall still to come.

• Si Ming defeated the Flying Zombie Zhu Mei, then recruited Duan Jinsu and built the Heavenly Martial Alliance into a major force before learning that the Jin Lineage had destroyed its Donglang County branch.
• Xue Huang brought Si Ming news of sect leaders plotting to pressure the alliance, and fourteen sects soon pledged allegiance in exchange for limited access to its martial arts.
• Si Ming confronted the Six Great Aristocratic Families and Wuguo of the Glazed Temple, then agreed to a seven-fighter contest to settle their dispute.
• At Butterfly Valley, Liang Zhenhuan won the first contest against Chen Feiyan, and Feng Liancheng won the second against Zhang Gen.
• Zhao Jiaren lost to Li Xunrong after holding back, while the alliance forfeited the fourth contest after Zhou Qian died from poison arranged by his own family.
• Si Shuiyun defeated Shen Wumian in the fifth contest after adapting to his Mystic Frost Sword Technique, giving the Heavenly Martial Alliance a 3–2 lead.
• Master Wuguo set the sixth contest above the waterfall, where the first fighter to land would lose, and asked Si Ming whether to accept Gu Changsheng’s no-interference rule.

Si Ming helped the Glazed Temple prepare to defeat the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King, learning Buddhist arts and agreeing to impersonate the Buddha-Slaying Monk as Wutian. He reached Alan Temple and led an assault against the Monster Race, where Man Xiong’s attack on Mu Boxue brought Si Ming into a direct battle with him.

• Si Ming fought the masked challenger, exhausted his True Qi, and learned the Monster Race was targeting Hongdou before pulling him from the cliff and revealing him as a monk.
• The Monster Race attacked the gathering with transformed plants, beasts, and shadows, but Si Shuiyun organized the alliance and Si Ming and Hongdou fought back.
• Si Ming defeated Xilai and learned that the Glazed Temple had sacrificed Dragon Gate Temple’s monks to lure the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King into a trap, then agreed to help stop him.
• Si Ming mastered the Brahma Sea Asura Art, studied the Glazed Temple’s teachings, and learned the Vajra Demon-Subduing Divine Ability in five days.
• Si Ming used the Aniruddha Heavenly Eye to contact Yao Bilian, learned his friends were searching for him, and later chose the name Wutian for his role as the Buddha-Slaying Monk.
• Si Ming and the monks visited the Tower of Sealing, where Hongdou agreed to deliver the final blow against the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King, and Si Ming set out for Alan Temple in disguise.
• Si Ming exposed and killed the pig monster at an inn, then worked with Zhenmian and Zhenruo to clear the Monster Race’s ambushes around Alan Temple.
• Si Ming led the rescued martial heroes in an attack on the Monster Race, saved Mu Boxue after Man Xiong used her as a hostage, and fought Man Xiong as the enemy forces retreated.

Si Ming killed Man Xiong and infiltrated the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King's forces as the Buddha-Slaying Monk, while the Glazed Temple suffered heavy losses in a failed ambush. During the renewed assault on the temple, Si Ming revealed himself as Wutian and trapped the Spirit King in a Buddhist formation, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Si Ming killed Man Xiong, appeared before the Glazed Temple monks as Wutian, and coordinated with Xilai to infiltrate the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King's forces as the Buddha-Slaying Monk.
• Si Ming endured the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King's palm strike, gained rank equal to a divine general, and killed Great King Silver Bone during the western campaign.
• The Purple-Pupiled Spirit King overturned the monks' ambush with Zhu Mei's impersonation of the Azure Mysterious Corpse King and killed Fanan and Faming.
• Fajian sacrificed himself to strengthen Si Ming, while Shen Wumian and Si Shuiyun helped rescue the surviving monks and Henzhen secretly imprisoned Xilai.
• Si Jingyu took over the Glazed Temple's plans, while Si Ming defeated Pan E after he attacked Hualiu and secured her loyalty against the Spirit King.
• The Purple-Pupiled Spirit King recruited the Anye Beast King and attacked the Glazed Temple, where Heavenly Martial Alliance fighters and sword sect experts opposed their forces.
• Zhu Mei exposed Si Ming after the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King killed Lingdao, and Si Ming shattered the Glazed Precept-Breaking Saber to release a formation that suppressed the Spirit King.
• Si Ming revealed himself as Wutian and fought the Purple-Pupiled Spirit King with the Wheel-Turning King Sword, while the Spirit King drew the Purple Primal Emperor Slash and launched a killing move.