Recaps

Li Xuanxiao built a refuge at Divine Grass Mountain while protecting Shushan and its allies from plots that threatened the Xiao Family and Great Xia. After Liu Qiushui’s bid to seize Great Xia’s Dragon Vein failed and Asura Hall collapsed, he offered her refuge on the mountain, where the Sword Spirit challenged her followers.

• Li Xuanxiao escaped Old Turtle’s shell with Di Nüfeng, then poisoned her during her fight with Old Turtle and fled as their clash altered countless fates.
• Back at Shushan, Li Xuanxiao stopped Jiang Luoshui from harming the Xiao Family, helped defeat the Su Family’s attack, and was chosen for the Monster Extermination Assembly.
• Li Xuanxiao traveled to Great Sui, bought Divine Grass Mountain under an alias, named his new sect the Nine Streams Sect, and recruited the Sword Spirit after passing her trials.
• Li Xuanxiao accompanied Zhao Lu to Great Xia, where he uncovered the Old Emperor’s plan to provoke war and gather souls for the Myriad Souls Banner.
• When Liu Qiushui attacked Great Xia’s Dragon Vein with Asura Hall, Shen Chujian summoned the Shushan Sword Formation and Shushan’s elders drove back her forces.
• Li Xuanxiao helped protect the capital, summoned two more Shushan elders, and escaped Liu Qiushui’s pursuit with his master’s whisk before offering her refuge at Divine Grass Mountain.
• After learning that Di Nüfeng’s Heavenly Fiend Hall was hunting Asura Hall’s survivors, Liu Qiushui led her followers to the mountain, where the Sword Spirit attacked them.

Li Xuanxiao protected Shushan’s people, concealed Divine Grass Mountain, and secretly helped Shushan seize Supreme City while preparing a Heaven-Deceiving Talisman. After the talisman’s completion, Happy Youth fell into his cauldron and Liu Qiushui mistook Li Xuanxiao for her soul-damaged son, taking him away as the Heavenly Dao Alliance pursued them.

• The Sword Spirit told Liu Qiushui that Ling Xuanxiao had been soul-searched and left an idiot, and Liu Qiushui vowed revenge on the Great Xia Imperial Family.
• Li Xuanxiao confessed to Lingxu that he had used Lingxu’s Sword Token and fly-whisk to arrange Shushan’s ambush of Asura Hall, and Lingxu let him go after hearing his explanation.
• Li Xuanxiao intervened when Yan Zidong tried to take Bai Ling’s newborn as medicine for Li Mengyun, then weakened the child’s Dao Body at Bai Ling’s request.
• Disguised as Jia Sidao, Li Xuanxiao attended the Great Sui banquet, helped Ye Yunzhou reach a transcendent state of mind, and received Uncaused Wood from the Great Sui Emperor.
• Li Xuanxiao and Shushan’s forces seized Supreme City while Shangguan Suiyun was away, and Li Xuanxiao took the city’s treasures before Lingxu punished him for acting without permission.
• On Thundercloud Island, Li Xuanxiao completed the Heaven-Deceiving Talisman amid nine bolts of purple lightning, then Happy Youth fell into his blazing cauldron.
• After Old Demon struck the infant-shaped Happy Youth into Li Xuanxiao, Li Xuanxiao found a Nascent Soul alongside his intact super-grade Golden Core and fled from Old Demon and his disciple.
• Liu Qiushui mistook Li Xuanxiao for her soul-damaged son and led him away, while the Heavenly Dao Alliance master and his disciple accused them of being evil cultivators and pursued them.

Li Xuanxiao entered the Purple Cloud Secret Realm and uncovered threats against Shu Mountain, while the Five Great Immortal Sects competition became a cover for the Death Cult’s attack. Xue Yun turned against Shu Mountain to save Baili, leaving Li Xuanxiao exhausted after fighting him with the sword formation.

• Liu Qiushui brought the injured Li Xuanxiao to Zhang Wenxuan, whose examination revealed severe damage to Li Xuanxiao’s soul, while Li continued pretending to be an idiot.
• Li Xuanxiao gave Zhang Wenxuan evidence against Liu Bantian and promised to clear his name, but Zhang was killed by Shushan after trying to present false evidence, and Ling Xuanxiao later helped the children he had rescued.
• Li Xuanxiao stabilized his cultivation, entered the Purple Cloud Secret Realm, and fought followers of the Death Immortal who planned to ignite ancient Phoenix blood essence in a volcano.
• As the Five Great Immortal Sects competition began, Li Xuanxiao prepared his clones and puppets for possible threats, while Mu Jianchen secretly met his daughter and the Death Cult’s spy plan took shape.
• Death Cult followers provoked fighting at Shu Mountain, but Lingxu stopped the unrest and Shushan arrested the Deputy Cult Master and other marked conspirators, leaving Li Xuanxiao undiscovered.
• Xue Yun entered the Demon Suppressing Pagoda despite Li Xuanxiao’s warnings, and Li Xuanxiao opened the Shushan Sword Formation against him as Lingxu pursued the fleeing Myriad Souls Banner.
• Happy Old Man corrupted the sword pool and formation by sacrificing three thousand children, but Li Xuanxiao cleansed the formation’s veins and collapsed from exhaustion after shutting it down.
• Xue Yun told Li Xuanxiao that the Seed of Curse would kill Baili in three days unless the Demon Suppressing Pagoda was destroyed, then struck Li aside when he urged him to seek help.

After Xue Yun died resealing the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, Li Xuanxiao worked to protect Shu Mountain while pursuing the Old Emperor and managing threats within the sect. Three years later, he infiltrated the Demonic Cult and joined forces with Di Nüfeng and Liu Qiushui to retaliate against Great Xia.

• Xue Yun reached the Body Integration Realm, resealed the Demon Suppressing Pagoda with his flying sword, and entrusted Li Xuanxiao with protecting Shu Mountain before the Old Emperor attacked.
• Lingxu drove off the Old Emperor, while Li Xuanxiao concealed Xue Yun’s death, refined his sword, and pursued the Old Emperor’s trail through his divided identities.
• Li Xuanxiao discovered that Baili and Liu Ruyan had used deception and implanted memories against him, then dealt with threats to Shu Mountain and carried out reforms against corruption.
• Su Mu tried to alter her ties with Lu Zhaoyao, but she and Lu later demanded Xue Yun’s Natal Sword to open the Pagoda, so Li Xuanxiao killed them and framed the Xuan Yi Sect.
• After three years of seclusion, Li Xuanxiao infiltrated a Demonic Cult with Qin Wenke, won its forest trial, and met Di Nüfeng, whom he persuaded to help him oppose the Old Emperor.
• Liu Qiushui’s new force was massacred by people from Great Xia, and Li Xuanxiao reunited with her and asked whether they would retaliate against the Old Emperor.