Recaps

Hun Xiu withdrew from Mount Kunlun while Heavenly Dao Hongjun watched, and the western Saints’ confrontation escalated into a battle in Chaos. Daoist Jieyin proved stronger than Primeval Lord of Heaven and continued attacking him as the other Saints watched.

• Hun Xiu sensed that his clone had been suppressed at Mount Kunlun and decided to retreat, while Heavenly Dao Hongjun predicted that his departure would bring trouble to Chanjiao.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven and Daoist Jieyin agreed to fight in Chaos, and the other Saints followed them there to watch.
• Nuwa and Hun Xiu joined the spectators as the Saint War erupted, with Daoist Jieyin gaining the upper hand over Primeval Lord of Heaven.
• Daoist Jieyin forced Primeval Lord of Heaven back with the Demon-Slaying Staff and mocked him, while the watching Saints reconsidered Jieyin’s strength.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven admitted that he had underestimated Daoist Jieyin and threatened to remember the defeat, but Daoist Jieyin attacked him again.

Daoist Jieyin and Primeval Lord of Heaven began fighting, while Sect Master Tongtian revealed his strength and trapped both Western Saints in the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. Unable to escape, Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti called out for their master, Hongjun, leaving the other Saints stunned.

• Daoist Jieyin attacked Primeval Lord of Heaven and forced him backward, starting a Saint War.
• Sect Master Tongtian challenged Daoist Zhunti and overwhelmed him, revealing strength that shocked Primeval Lord of Heaven and Taishang Laozi.
• Daoist Jieyin moved to assist Daoist Zhunti, but Sect Master Tongtian deployed the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and trapped both Western Saints.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti failed to break the formation, then shouted for their master, Hongjun, to save them.

Hongjun freed Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti from the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation and rebuked them when they tried to have Sect Master Tongtian punished. After the Saints left, Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti realized Hun Xiu might bring down Chanjiao, while Primeval Lord of Heaven met the captive his clone had identified as the culprit.

• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti called on Hongjun to rescue them from Sect Master Tongtian's Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, and Hongjun ordered Tongtian to withdraw it.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti begged Hongjun to take away Tongtian's Four Immortal Slaying Swords, but Hongjun scolded them for their shameless complaints and left after they apologized.
• Sect Master Tongtian mocked Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti, who left Chaos, and then warned Primeval Lord of Heaven before departing as well.
• Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru and concluded that Hun Xiu could destroy Chanjiao from within, while Primeval Lord of Heaven took Hun Xiu to Mount Kunlun.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven went to meet the culprit captured by his clone, and the clone released Hun Xiu, whom Primeval Lord of Heaven identified as a peak Great Principle Golden Immortal.

Primeval Lord of Heaven interrogated the captured "Hun Xiu," but neither Soul Searching nor calculation revealed his identity or who stood behind him. Convinced that a powerful being was hiding the truth, Primeval Lord of Heaven ordered his clone to torture the prisoner with the Nine Nether Flames until he talked.

• Primeval Lord of Heaven questioned "Hun Xiu" about his backer and his reason for infiltrating the Jade Void Palace, but "Hun Xiu" refused to answer.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven crippled "Hun Xiu" with his Saint's Might, leaving him unconscious and barely alive.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven's clone and then Primeval Lord of Heaven used Soul Searching, but found only a blank Chaos in "Hun Xiu's" mind.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven tried calculating "Hun Xiu's" past, but learned only that the clone had caught him breaking into the Jade Void Palace.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven gave his clone the Nine Nether Flames and ordered him to use them on "Hun Xiu" until he revealed his backer.

Primeval Lord of Heaven tortured Hun Xiu with the Nine Nether Flames to learn who was plotting against Chanjiao, but Hun Xiu fooled him with a taunting false answer. As the torture continued, Hun Xiu secretly planned to expose the Western Sect next, while Xiao Yan nervously suggested letting him go.

• Primeval Lord of Heaven's avatar burned Hun Xiu with the Nine Nether Flames, but Hun Xiu refused to name the person behind him.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven visited Hun Xiu, stopped the flames when he promised to talk, and waited while Hun Xiu rested for an hour.
• Hun Xiu claimed that Primeval Lord of Heaven's father was behind him, then laughed at Primeval Lord of Heaven for being fooled.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven resumed Hun Xiu's torture and left, while Hun Xiu secretly celebrated his success and planned to expose the Western Sect next.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven complained to Xiao Yan about Hun Xiu's stubbornness, and Xiao Yan suggested letting him go.

Hun Xiu urged Primeval Lord of Heaven to torture the imprisoned Hun Xiu into revealing his master, and the prisoner finally appeared to give in after three days in the Nine Nether Flames. He then demanded a condition before naming the person behind him, and Primeval Lord of Heaven refused to negotiate.

• Hun Xiu suggested using the prisoner to lead them to the master behind him, but Primeval Lord of Heaven pointed out that his cultivation had been crippled and he could not escape.
• Hun Xiu proposed intensifying the torture until the prisoner could no longer endure it, and Primeval Lord of Heaven ordered his clone to burn and repeatedly regrow the prisoner's body in the Nine Nether Flames.
• After three days of repeated burning, the imprisoned Hun Xiu said he would talk and begged to be released from the flames.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven withdrew the flames but left the prisoner with only a head, then demanded to know who was behind him.
• Hun Xiu offered to reveal the person behind him on one condition, and Primeval Lord of Heaven coldly rejected his attempt to bargain.

Hun Xiu claimed the Two Western Saints were behind the plot, but Primeval Lord of Heaven doubted him and revealed that Hongjun had identified a mysterious expert as the true culprit. Hun Xiu was shocked to learn that Hongjun had disclosed his true body's identity, leaving him worried that his scheme was in danger.

• Hun Xiu offered to name the people behind him in exchange for a quick death, and Primeval Lord of Heaven agreed.
• Hun Xiu blamed the Two Western Saints but admitted he had no evidence, so Primeval Lord of Heaven refused to kill him.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven asked Hun Xiu to assess the claim, and Hun Xiu argued that the Western Sect would benefit from Chanjiao and Jiejiao fighting.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven rejected the accusation and said Hongjun had identified a mysterious expert who was not within the Three Realms yet within the Dao.
• Hun Xiu acted shocked by the revelation and realized Hongjun had exposed his true body's identity to Primeval Lord of Heaven.

Hun Xiu returned to Golden Turtle Island to visit Sect Master Tongtian and seek a chance to improve his strength. Tongtian summoned him to Biyou Palace, where he mistook Hun Xiu for an uncultivated mortal and questioned how he had survived for so long.

• Hun Xiu left Mount West Kunlun after deciding he could not overcome the heavy guard at Chanjiao and the Western Sect.
• Hun Xiu traveled to Golden Turtle Island and slipped past its inactive Mountain Protection Array.
• Sect Master Tongtian sensed Hun Xiu's arrival, recognized him, and pulled him into Biyou Palace with a wave of his hand.
• Hun Xiu bowed to Tongtian, who marveled at his unchanged handsome face and pinched it to make sure it was real.
• Tongtian asked when Hun Xiu had left Mount Kunlun and how he had survived, and Hun Xiu replied that cultivators lived a long time.
• Tongtian asked Hun Xiu, who claimed to be a cultivator, whether he was one at all.

Hun Xiu told Sect Master Tongtian that he was a Mid Stage Quasi-Saint, but Tongtian could sense no spiritual energy and thought him an ordinary person. When Hun Xiu attacked to prove it, Tongtian sensed the Power of Law in his punch.

• Sect Master Tongtian called Hun Xiu an ordinary person, though he admitted Hun Xiu was handsome.
• Hun Xiu insisted he was a Mid Stage Quasi-Saint, and Sect Master Tongtian repeatedly asked whether he was joking.
• Hun Xiu offered to demonstrate his strength, and Sect Master Tongtian agreed to take his attack without preparing.
• Hun Xiu threw an ordinary-looking punch at Sect Master Tongtian, whose expression turned grave as he sensed the Power of Law.

Hun Xiu struck Sect Master Tongtian with a full-force punch infused with the Power of Law, sending him through Biyou Palace and all the way to the East Sea. Hongjun worried over Hun Xiu’s strength and his disruption of the Heavenly Dao’s plans, while Sect Master Tongtian returned with a black eye and assured Hun Xiu it would heal.

• Hun Xiu’s punch sent Sect Master Tongtian flying through Biyou Palace to the East Sea, where Sect Master Tongtian dispelled the Power of Law and discovered his left eye had become a black eye.
• Hongjun was shocked that Hun Xiu could injure a Saint and lamented that the Heavenly Dao constrained him from confronting Hun Xiu, who had disrupted its plans.
• Hun Xiu wondered whether Sect Master Tongtian had failed to defend himself and worried that his full-strength punch had injured his master.
• Sect Master Tongtian returned to Biyou Palace, restored its broken wall, and Hun Xiu noticed the black eye.
• Sect Master Tongtian said his eye was fine and would recover after he refined the Power of Law within it.

Sect Master Tongtian could not sense Hun Xiu’s mid-stage Quasi-Saint cultivation and discovered that Hun Xiu’s body devoured his divine sense and power. He poured more power into Hun Xiu to test whether the body could consume even a Saint’s seemingly inexhaustible strength.

• Sect Master Tongtian examined Hun Xiu and admitted he could not sense any cultivation or spiritual energy, despite Hun Xiu’s earlier Law-wielding punch.
• Hun Xiu realized that only he could perceive his own cultivation and denied concealing it or using a treasure to hide his aura.
• Sect Master Tongtian probed Hun Xiu’s body with divine sense, but a mysterious force swallowed it.
• Hun Xiu said his body felt hungry and asked Sect Master Tongtian to inject power into it.
• Sect Master Tongtian poured his power into Hun Xiu, whose body rapidly devoured it, and continued the test to see whether it could consume all his strength.

Sect Master Tongtian tested Hun Xiu’s power and confirmed that he was an extraordinary mid-stage Quasi-Saint capable of fighting a Saint. Hun Xiu admitted that he had attacked Jade Void Palace, and Sect Master Tongtian told him to stay on Golden Turtle Island during the calamity.

• Sect Master Tongtian poured magical power into Hun Xiu for an hour, then stopped after seeing Hun Xiu devour it without harm.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Hun Xiu that he was invincible among Quasi-Saints and could fight a Saint, while Hun Xiu privately doubted he could withstand more than one strike.
• Hun Xiu told Sect Master Tongtian that he wanted to help Jiejiao during the calamity.
• Sect Master Tongtian asked whether Hun Xiu had caused the incident at Jade Void Palace, and Hun Xiu admitted that he had.
• Sect Master Tongtian told Hun Xiu to establish a cave abode on Golden Turtle Island and avoid leaving during the calamity.

After killing Daoist Randeng and the Chanjiao disciples, Hun Xiu left Biyou Palace to find a cave abode on Golden Turtle Island and sensed that he was close to a breakthrough. There he met Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light, who tried twice to make him faint, but Hun Xiu remained unaffected.

• Sect Master Tongtian decided not to blame Hun Xiu for killing Daoist Randeng and the other Chanjiao disciples, though he worried that Primeval Lord of Heaven might confront him again.
• Hun Xiu left Biyou Palace to look for a cave abode and sensed that he was near a breakthrough.
• Hun Xiu encountered a short, fat Daoist whose long ears led him to recognize him as Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light learned Hun Xiu was a second-generation disciple and introduced himself as one of Sect Master Tongtian's Seven Attendant Immortals.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light waved his hand at Hun Xiu twice to make him faint, but both attempts failed.

Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light repeatedly tried to make Hun Xiu pass out so he could attack him, but Hun Xiu remained unharmed and revealed mysterious power. Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light realized he had mistaken a powerful expert for an ordinary man and backed away as Hun Xiu approached.

• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light tried again to make Hun Xiu pass out, but Hun Xiu remained conscious and questioned his strange behavior.
• Hun Xiu prepared to leave, but Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light decided to attack him with an iron rod.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light struck Hun Xiu on the head, bending the iron rod without harming him.
• Hun Xiu erased the bent iron rod with an invisible force, making Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light realize he was facing a powerful expert.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light retreated and called the attack a misunderstanding as Hun Xiu steadily advanced.

Hun Xiu subdued Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light after exposing his threats and stopping him from escaping. When Duobao arrived, Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light called for help, and Hun Xiu stomped on him until he bled.

• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light discovered that he had wet himself and tried to flee by digging underground, but Hun Xiu stomped him back out.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light cursed Hun Xiu and appealed to his status as one of Sect Master Tongtian's Seven Attendant Immortals, but Hun Xiu held a sword to his throat.
• Hun Xiu accused Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light of threatening him, and Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light denied it while trapped beneath the sword.
• Duobao arrived, and Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light shouted for his Second Senior Disciple Brother to save him.
• Hun Xiu stomped on Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light and ground his shoe against him until blood flowed.

Hun Xiu crippled Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light and repelled Duobao when he tried to intervene. Duobao mistook Saint of Shangqing’s silence for a test and attacked again, only for Hun Xiu to freeze heaven and earth with a finger.

• Hun Xiu crushed Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light’s manhood beneath his foot and warned him to stop screaming.
• Duobao tried to rescue Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light, but Hun Xiu’s power sent him flying and injured him.
• Duobao challenged Hun Xiu for harming a Jiejiao disciple, but Hun Xiu said Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light had done more than offend him.
• Hun Xiu pointed out that Saint of Shangqing had not appeared, and Duobao concluded that his teacher was testing him.
• Duobao attacked Hun Xiu again, and Hun Xiu raised a finger to halt heaven and earth, leaving Duobao suspended in midair.

Hun Xiu defeated Duobao and revealed that he was Jiejiao’s Senior Disciple Brother, then confronted Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light for targeting him. The chapter ended with Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light trying to escape punishment by praising Hun Xiu, who pressed his bloodstained shoe onto his face.

• Hun Xiu sent Duobao crashing to the ground while Saint of Shangqing did not intervene.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light realized Duobao could not match Hun Xiu and regretted provoking him.
• Duobao asked Hun Xiu’s identity, and Hun Xiu identified himself as Hun Xiu of Jiejiao.
• Duobao recognized Hun Xiu as Jiejiao’s Senior Disciple Brother and understood why Saint of Shangqing had allowed the fight.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light learned Hun Xiu’s identity and tried to appease him by praising his looks.
• Hun Xiu rejected Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light’s flattery and pressed his bloodstained shoe onto his face.

Hun Xiu continued humiliating Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light, whom he suspected of future betrayal, while the Jiejiao disciples gathered to watch. Duobao and the others recognized Hun Xiu and chose not to intervene, leaving Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light pleading for help.

• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light begged Hun Xiu to stop stomping on him and admitted he was wrong.
• Hun Xiu kept lecturing and beating Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light, insisting he should focus on cultivation.
• Jiejiao disciples, including Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Wudang Holy Mother, and Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, gathered to watch the commotion.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother asked Duobao whether they should intervene, and Duobao said Hun Xiu was their Senior Disciple Brother and that they should leave him alone.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother and the others recognized Hun Xiu, decided Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light deserved the punishment, and did not plead for him.

Hun Xiu punished Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light for ambushing him, while Duobao and the female disciples learned the reason for the attack and condemned Long-Eared. Hun Xiu spared Long-Eared for now but warned him to behave, and Golden Spirit Holy Mother approached Hun Xiu, pleased that he remembered her.

• Hun Xiu continued stomping Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light despite his pleas, calling it a normal spar and rebuking him for ambushing his senior disciple.
• Duobao privately told Golden Spirit Holy Mother why Long-Eared had offended Hun Xiu, and she shared the information with Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, Wudang Holy Mother, and the other female disciples.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother and the other female disciples condemned Long-Eared and spat on him while the other Jiejiao disciples wondered what he had done.
• Hun Xiu stopped beating Long-Eared, warned him that he would be crippled if he refused to behave, and decided to keep watch over him.
• Golden Spirit Holy Mother greeted Hun Xiu, who remembered her, and she blushed as she recalled first seeing him tens of thousands of years earlier.

Hun Xiu reunited with Jiejiao’s disciples on Golden Turtle Island, then began cultivating toward the Late Stage Quasi-Saint realm. After Duobao took the injured Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light back to his cave, Long-Eared plotted to use Chanjiao to kill Hun Xiu, while Duobao distanced himself from the scheme and focused on his own advancement.

• Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, Wudang Holy Mother, and other Jiejiao disciples greeted Hun Xiu and recalled secretly kissing him long ago.
• Hun Xiu asked Duobao about Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light, then ordered Duobao to take the unconscious-looking Long-Eared away to recover.
• With the help of the Holy Mothers, Hun Xiu opened a cave dwelling on Golden Turtle Island, sensed that he was nearing the Late Stage Quasi-Saint realm, and entered meditation.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light revealed that he had only pretended to faint, healed his swollen face with a golden pill, and complained to Duobao about Hun Xiu’s humiliation.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light vowed revenge and proposed using Chanjiao to kill Hun Xiu, while Duobao insisted the plan had nothing to do with him and left.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light cursed Duobao and renewed his vow, while Duobao privately dismissed the plot and thought he was close to Slaying the Three Corpses.

Duobao focused on entering seclusion to slay the Three Corpses while Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light planned to go to Mount Kunlun and see Hun Xiu suffer. On Three Immortal Island, Bixiao told Yunxiao and Qiongxiao that their Senior Disciple Brother had returned to Golden Turtle Island.

• Duobao hoped Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light would use Chanjiao to kill Hun Xiu, then set his sights on slaying the Three Corpses.
• Rumors about Hun Xiu's beating and Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light's alleged misconduct spread through Jiejiao, leaving Long-Eared furious and eager to visit Mount Kunlun.
• Duobao sneezed in his cave abode and wondered whether someone was thinking about him.
• Bixiao excitedly told Yunxiao and Qiongxiao that Hun Xiu had returned to Golden Turtle Island.
• Bixiao said Zhao Gongming had confirmed the news, and Yunxiao and Qiongxiao believed Hun Xiu had truly returned.

Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light went to Jade Void Palace to report an important matter to Primeval Lord of Heaven, driven in part by rumors Duobao had spread to provoke him. After being brought into the palace, he knelt before Primeval Lord of Heaven, who ordered him to give his report without rising.

• Duobao watched Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light leave Golden Turtle Island and revealed that he had spread rumors to push him into action against Hun Xiu.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light tried to enter Jade Void Palace but was repelled by its protective array.
• A young attendant went to report Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light’s arrival to Primeval Lord of Heaven.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven recognized Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light and drew him into Jade Void Palace’s main hall.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light knelt to pay his respects, and Primeval Lord of Heaven told him to report his important matter while remaining on his knees.

Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light sought Primeval Lord of Heaven’s protection in exchange for revealing who destroyed his cultivation grounds. He named Hun Xiu as the culprit but faltered when Primeval Lord of Heaven demanded evidence.

• Primeval Lord of Heaven humiliated Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light and ordered him to speak while kneeling.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light offered to reveal what he knew if Primeval Lord of Heaven let him join Chanjiao and protected him.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven agreed that Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light could join Chanjiao if his information was worth the risk of breaking with Sect Master Tongtian.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light accused Hun Xiu of destroying Primeval Lord of Heaven’s cultivation grounds.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven demanded evidence, and Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light hesitated because he had none.

Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light told Primeval Lord of Heaven that Hun Xiu had been secluded in Jade Void Palace, but he offered no evidence and was sent away. Meanwhile, the Three Xiao heard that Long-Eared had defiled Hun Xiu and set out to teach him a lesson.

• Primeval Lord of Heaven accused Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light of playing him, then heard his claim that Hun Xiu had been secluded in Jade Void Palace on Mount Kunlun.
• Primeval Lord of Heaven dismissed Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light and sent him back to Biyou Palace on Golden Turtle Island.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light cursed Primeval Lord of Heaven and headed toward the East Sea, hoping Tongtian had not discovered his schemes.
• The Three Xiao arrived on Golden Turtle Island to visit Hun Xiu but learned that he had entered seclusion.
• Bixiao grew angry after hearing that Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light had defiled Hun Xiu, and Yunxiao and Qiongxiao agreed to go after him with her.

The Three Xiao sisters found Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light away from Golden Turtle Island and destroyed his cave abode instead of finding him. When Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light returned and confronted Bixiao, he realized Yunxiao and Qiongxiao were likely involved too and knew he could not retaliate against all three.

• Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao arrived at Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light's empty cave abode and learned he had left Golden Turtle Island.
• Yunxiao suggested smashing the cave abode, and Bixiao, Yunxiao, and Qiongxiao reduced it to ruins.
• Saint of Shangqing Sect Master Tongtian sensed the sisters destroying the cave abode but did not intervene.
• Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light returned, found his cave abode ruined, and angrily demanded to know who was responsible.
• Bixiao admitted she had destroyed the cave abode and challenged Long-Eared Immortal of Fixed Light, who realized Yunxiao and Qiongxiao were probably nearby and that he could not fight all three sisters.