Recaps

Zhou Tong fought in the Foreign Realm, refined new cultivation paths, and advanced his Sixth Secret Realm while helping the Divine Emperor complete his transformations. He planted a World Tree that transformed the Divine Domain into an independent space, then warned the Divine Emperor to keep their realm’s coordinates secret as the story turned toward the threat beyond their world.

• Zhou Tong took the Azure Emperor and the Heavenly Emperor Son's incarnation to the Foreign Realm, defeated the Blue-eyed Immortal King, and seized his body and primordial spirit.
• Zhou Tong studied the Blue-eyed Immortal King's memories and sword arts, then gave purified True Immortal corpses to the Azure Emperor and the Heavenly Emperor Son's incarnation while using others to expand the Divine Domain.
• Zhou Tong awakened the Divine Emperor from the Nine-Layered Coffin and discussed cultivation with him for centuries until the Divine Emperor completed his Eleven Transformations and survived an Immortal King Tribulation.
• Zhou Tong reforged the Vajra Ring into an Immortal King artifact and completed the Nine Netherworld Howler True Fate through the Reincarnation Mirror.
• Zhou Tong explored the Dark Matter-filled region, killed and studied a powerful Dark Creature, and used its remains to strengthen the Heavenly Emperor Son avatar's Inner World and World Tree.
• Zhou Tong developed the Nine Netherworld Howler True Fate by having it refine Immortal Metal weapons and artifacts, while the Heavenly Emperor Son avatar broke through to the Immortal King Realm.
• Zhou Tong planted a safeguarded World Tree seed in the Divine Domain, and the tree spread its influence until its roots stabilized the universe and its Great Dao laws became perceptible.
• After the World Tree made the Divine Domain an independent space, Zhou Tong explained its purpose to the Divine Emperor, showed him the All-Heavens Myriad Realms Diagram, and warned him to conceal their realm's coordinates.

Zhou Tong strengthened his incarnations and led a campaign against the Foreign Realm, then pursued a monster through time to the Immortal Ancient Era. There, he revealed his Nine-Leaf Sword Grass identity, wounded Wushang, and escaped back through the River of Time.

• Zhou Tong refined his Nine Netherworld Howler True Fate, advanced his cultivation, and later sent it through an Immortal King Tribulation that transformed it into a secret realm within him.
• Zhou Tong led Ye Fan, Wu Shi, Ruthless Great Emperor, Azure Emperor, and Divine Emperor into the Foreign Realm, where they fought its Immortal Kings and the monsters from the Heavenly Emperor Burial Pit.
• Zhou Tong shattered the Soul River’s Quasi-Immortal Emperor Jade Ruyi, killed the Foreign Realm’s Immortal Kings, and pursued a fused Burial Pit monster into the River of Time.
• In the Immortal Ancient Era, Zhou Tong’s Nine-Leaf Sword Grass true body confronted An Lan and Yu Tuo at the Heavenly Abyss, then fought Wushang and wounded him in a clash that tore open spacetime.
• Zhou Tong emerged from the River of Time and killed the Emperor's Radiance Immortal King, then merged with his Nine-Leaf Sword Grass true life and pierced Wushang’s brow.
• Zhou Tong feigned an attack on An Lan and Yu Tuo before escaping through the River of Time, leaving Wushang gravely wounded.

Zhou Tong purified a Foreign Realm fragment, strengthened his cultivation and helped the universe expand before entering the Desolate Era World as a Phoenix. There, he learned the Ji Clan’s cultivation methods, reforged his body, and claimed Daoist Sanshou’s Water Mansion, where he began breaking through to Zifu through Divine Demon Body Refining.

• Zhou Tong merged the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass True Life into his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, then returned to the Foreign Realm and helped Ye Fan and the others identify and purge its Dark Matter.
• Zhou Tong and his companions purified the Foreign Realm fragment and distributed it among the Divine Domain, the Divine Silkworm Clan, the Hegemon Body Ancestral Star, and Ye Fan’s Heavenly Court, while the World Tree absorbed its Longevity Substance.
• Zhou Tong completed his Sixth Secret Realm transformation, and Yan Ruyu gave birth to their son Zhou Rui, who reached Quasi-Emperor and later overcame his Emperor Tribulation.
• Zhou Tong studied the Desolate Heaven Emperor’s scripture in the Bronze Coffin, strengthened his Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, and developed six-colored Divine Patterns with power comparable to a Quasi-Immortal Emperor’s.
• Zhou Tong sent his Immortal Phoenix True Fate into another world, awakened as a Phoenix, and joined Ji Yichuan’s household to learn the Desolate Era World’s cultivation system.
• Zhou Tong cultivated the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram, reforged his Phoenix body with Taiyin and solar power, and demonstrated his talent to Ji Yichuan and Ji Ning.
• Zhou Tong traveled to Winged Serpent Lake, subdued its demons, and passed Daoist Sanshou’s three trials to become the Water Mansion’s fifth owner.
• Zhou Tong learned the Minor Thousand Sword Array from Black Old Ox, then used Divine Demon Body Refining to begin his Zifu breakthrough and transformed through True Taiyin Water and True Sun Fire.

Zhou Tong explored the Water Mansion, mastered new techniques, and advanced to the Myriad Manifestations Realm before leaving to seek the next volume of the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram. After taking Ji Ning as his disciple and joining the Yinglong Guard, he entered the Prison Mountain Great Wilderness Swamp assessment and began hunting its demons.

• Zhou Tong comprehended the Five Elements in Star Hall, passed the Divine Abilities Hall trial, and received Daoist Sanshou’s Star-Plucking Hand inheritance.
• Zhou Tong claimed Winged Serpent Lake, cultivated there, and cleared the third and fourth War God Hall floors while developing Blade Power, Sword Power, and Heart Power.
• Zhou Tong strengthened his Spirit Gathering Array, reached Zifu perfection, and advanced the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram into the Myriad Manifestations Realm.
• Zhou Tong selected Five Elements Spirit Pearls, gave Ji Yichuan control of his island, and accepted Ji Ning as his disciple before leaving to seek the diagram’s next volume.
• Zhou Tong traveled to Anchan City and joined the Yinglong Guard, completing the second revolution of the Star-Plucking Hand while awaiting its assessment.
• Zhou Tong and the other candidates entered the Prison Mountain Great Wilderness Swamp, where they had to survive three months and bring back a Myriad Manifestations Realm great demon’s head.
• Zhou Tong killed a White Elephant Great Demon with a Phoenix Dance Arrow and took its head, then fired five more arrows at the Primordial Spirit Realm demons pursuing him.