Recaps

Ling Xiao purifies Bi Xiao’s demonic seed, but the treatment fractures her ties with Yun Xiao and Qiong Xiao. As Hong Yun forces the Demon Court out of the starry sky, Ling Xiao’s authority over the Kongtong Seal complicates the Sect of Interception’s efforts to aid the Great Shang Dynasty, while he prepares to visit the Lunar Star to help Hou Yi.

• Haotian enfeoffed Tai Xuan as the Great Emperor of Antarctica, while the Demon Court’s abduction of human cultivators came to light and angered the Sect of Interception.
• Demon Lord Jidu planted a Dao Heart Demon Seed in Bi Xiao, and Ling Xiao gave Yun Xiao the Purification Holy Light after demanding that the Sect of Interception address him by his Heavenly Court title.
• Duobao and the others used the holy light to remove Bi Xiao’s seed, but the process erased her cultivation, and Bi Xiao rejected her sisters and the Sect of Interception.
• Qiong Xiao and Yun Xiao severed their blood ties and sisterly karma with Bi Xiao, while Bi Xiao’s Emotionless Sword Dao began restoring some of her mana.
• Ling Xiao armed Hong Yun with the Chaos Bell and God-Slaying Spear, and Hong Yun killed Shang Yang and forced Lu Ya to swear that the Demon Court would never invade the starry sky again.
• Ling Xiao freed Chang'e from Changxi’s control, and the Golden-Winged Great Peng led the Demon Court and Sect of Interception forces away from the starry sky.
• Our Lady of Golden Spirit traveled with Kong Xuan to Zhaoge to recruit Wen Zhong and Yu Yuan, while Kong Xuan’s plan to protect the Great Shang Dynasty depended on Ling Xiao’s Kongtong Seal.
• Ling Xiao obtained the Primordial Dragon Pearl and planned to arrange the Primordial Dragon’s origin’s reincarnation, then agreed to accompany Chang'e to the Lunar Star to help Hou Yi.

Ling Xiao steered the Witch Clan through a confrontation with the Sect of Interception and Demon Court, helping it secure Hongjun’s recognition and Heavenly Dao merit. He strengthened the Heavenly Court and set the Primordial Dragon’s reincarnation in motion, while Yun Xiao’s attempt to win him back ended in rejection.

• Wen Zhong and Yu Yuan became Our Lady of Golden Spirit’s disciples, while Kong Xuan sought Ling Xiao’s support for his enfeoffment and Hou Yi awakened on the Lunar Star.
• Ling Xiao refused to stamp Kong Xuan’s appointment, and Hou Yi drove Kong Xuan and Our Lady of Golden Spirit away after they attacked.
• Ling Xiao advised Chiyou to settle the Witch Clan in the Northern Darkness, then watched as the Sect of Interception and Demon Court confronted the clan over its ceremony.
• Chiyou revealed Hongjun’s jade decree as the Witch Clan’s sacred artifact, and Hou Yi killed the Golden-Winged Great Peng after he crushed it.
• Ancestor Kunpeng reclaimed the Demon Summoning Banner and his primordial spirit, joined the Heavenly Court, and reconciled with Hong Yun after Ling Xiao intervened.
• Hongjun granted the Witch Clan Heavenly Dao luck, cleared its karmic sins, and bestowed Ancestral Witch Essence Blood on Chiyou and merit on the clan.
• Ling Xiao enfeoffed Hou Yi and Xingtian as Heavenly Court War Gods, while Xuandu persuaded Bo Yi to bring the Ying Qin Clan into the coming political struggle.
• Yun Xiao transformed herself into the Nine Bend Yellow River Formation, but Ling Xiao rejected her at the Netherworld gates and declared the Lunar Goddess his destined Dao companion.

Ling Xiao helped the Dragon Clan free Azure Dragon and turned the conflict over Ying Zheng and Boyi Kao into a campaign that destroyed the Demon Court. Afterward, the Sect of Interception’s fortune collapsed, and Tongtian accepted Nuwa’s terms to secure her help.

• Ling Xiao sent the Primordial Dragon’s True Spirit to be reborn as Ying Zheng, then watched Great Shang, the Demon Court, and other forces converge on Mount Qi.
• Ao Guang and the Dragon Clan summoned Azure Dragon, who killed Ji Meng as Ling Xiao and his allies clashed with the Demon Court and the Sect of Interception.
• Ling Xiao trapped the Sect of Interception disciples near Phoenix Perch Mountain while Xuanyuan’s Human and Witch forces attacked the Demon Court, and Xuanyuan killed Changxi.
• Nuwa stopped Xuanyuan from killing Xihe, but the Human Clan’s faith in Nuwa declined, and Grand Pure Laozi affirmed the Human Clan’s claim to Phoenix Perch Mountain.
• Haotian and Ling Xiao pressured Lu Ya to abolish the Demon Court, and Lu Ya’s oath caused its fortune to drain away as Karmic Slaughter fell upon the Sect of Interception.
• Duobao, Holy Mother Wudang, and Yun Xiao asked Ling Xiao to resolve the sect’s karmic crisis and lend it a primordial treasure, but Ling Xiao refused.
• Tongtian regretted severing ties with Ling Xiao and accepted Nuwa’s offer to lend the Qiankun Cauldron in exchange for making Bai Ze Vice Sect Leader and recruiting Demon Clan experts.

Ling Xiao’s clashes with the Sect of Interception continued as Shen Gongbao entered Emperor Xin’s court and Nezha was born amid rival sects’ attempts to claim him. Lu Ya’s plot against Nezha escalated into a confrontation at Golden Ao Island, where Nezha chose to sever his ties to his family.

• Nuwa gave Tongtian the Qiankun Cauldron, and Tongtian used it with Nuwa’s merit to suppress the Sect of Interception’s luck and remove its Karmic Slaughter.
• Lu Ya attacked Ling Xiao in the Netherworld to seize the Witch-Slaying Sword, but Ling Xiao had Ksitigarbha and Chiyou seal Lu Ya’s cultivation and send him to Hell.
• Duobao, Our Lady of Wudang, and Zhao Gongming tried to rescue Lu Ya, but Ling Xiao defeated them and sent them away from the Netherworld.
• At Emperor Xin’s enthronement, Shen Gongbao became Imperial Preceptor, while Emperor Xin named Ying Zheng Marquis of Qin and later abolished human sacrifice.
• Perfected Immortal Taiyi took newborn Nezha as his disciple after Li Jing destroyed Nezha’s Spirit Embryo, and Ling Xiao refused to help remake it.
• Lu Ya provoked a conflict between Nezha and the East Sea Dragon Palace, but the fighting spread to Golden Ao Island and drew in the Sect of Interception and the Demon Clan.
• Nezha demanded that Lu Ya release Li Jing and Madam Yin, then declared he would sever his blood ties and return his bones and flesh.