Recaps

Da Peng asked Li Yun whether his Destiny cultivation limited the number of wives he could take, as allied clans sought marriage ties with the Phoenix Clan. Li Yun encouraged him to accept the alliances for their benefits to Da Peng and the clan, then agreed to meet Zhenwu and the other Saint's Disciples.

• Da Peng sought Li Yun's advice about marrying daughters from clans seeking alliances with the Phoenix Clan.
• Da Peng explained that the alliances could help the Phoenix Clan rebuild, while his Big Sister had also urged him to marry a pure-blooded phoenix.
• Li Yun said marrying women from other races could increase Da Peng's destiny and strengthen the Phoenix Clan, and advised him to accept the proposals.
• Da Peng told Li Yun that Zhenwu, Gui Ling, Bai Jie, Huang Long, the Azure Dragon's son, and others had arrived to meet him.
• Li Yun agreed to receive Zhenwu and the others but declined to meet representatives from other races.

Li Yun received Da Peng, Zhenwu, Gui Ling, Bai Jie, Huang Long, and the others, who had come with requests from their clans. He proposed resolving old clan grudges after Da Peng’s enthronement, and the visitors were asked whether they would accept settling matters through a fight.

• Da Peng brought Zhenwu, Gui Ling, Bai Jie, Huang Long, and the others to Li Yun’s residence, where they paid their respects.
• Zhenwu explained that the Black Tortoise Clan wanted to ease tensions with the rising Phoenix Clan over past conflicts.
• Li Yun said the old grudges did not need to continue and asked Da Peng, who was about to become Phoenix Clan Master, to consider reconciliation.
• Li Yun suggested that Da Peng consult the Phoenix Clan’s Elders after his Enthronement Ceremony and, if needed, let members of the clans fight to settle their disputes.
• Da Peng agreed with Li Yun and asked Zhenwu and the others whether they would accept that proposal.

Li Yun settled the Kirin Clan’s conflict with the Phoenix Clan after Shao Lin agreed to the arrangement on his father’s behalf. Shao Lin gifted Da Peng a wedding hairpin once worn by Yuan Feng, and just as Bai Jie was about to explain the White Tiger Clan’s situation, Huang Long interrupted.

• Zhenwu, Bai Jie, Gui Ling, and the others supported settling their clans’ conflicts as soon as possible.
• Shao Lin told Li Yun that his father wanted to end the Kirin Clan’s conflict with the Phoenix Clan, though the clan’s Elders still opposed it.
• Li Yun said the Kirin Clan’s ties to Human Teachings meant the matter should be settled, and Da Peng agreed on the Phoenix Clan’s behalf.
• Shao Lin gave Da Peng a hairpin once worn by Yuan Feng, and Da Peng accepted it excitedly as a precious wedding gift.
• Li Yun asked Bai Jie about the White Tiger Clan’s connection to the Phoenix Clan, but Huang Long stepped forward and interrupted her.

Huang Long asked Li Yun for help against the Four Seas Dragon Kings' lineage, which was expanding and threatening Ancestor Dragon's branch. Li Yun proposed that Huang Long and Qing Xuan unite their lineages, promising that the alliance could increase their destiny and cultivation.

• Huang Long told Li Yun that the Four Seas Dragon Kings' lineage was expanding and slaughtering others, leaving Ancestor Dragon's branch in danger.
• Huang Long said he wanted to join forces with Qing Xuan to curb the Four Seas Dragon Kings' expansion.
• Qing Xuan confirmed that Candle Dragon's lineage was also under heavy pressure and that Candle Dragon had asked him to seek Li Yun's help.
• Li Yun decided to encourage cooperation between the two lineages while concealing their suspicions about Eastern Duke.
• Li Yun told Huang Long and Qing Xuan that uniting their branches could greatly increase their destiny and raise their cultivation by one or two minor realms.

Li Yun advised Huang Long and Qing Xuan on a plan to gather destiny and strengthen their positions within the Dragon Clan, while urging them to wait until Da Peng’s Ascension Ceremony was over. Bai Jie then sought an agreement between the White Tiger and Phoenix Clans, but Qing Luan disputed her account of their past alliance, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Li Yun told Huang Long and Qing Xuan that they could pursue a destiny-based plan while the Four Seas Dragon Kings had not fully taken control of the Dragon Clan.
• Huang Long agreed to cooperate, and Qing Xuan said Old Ancestor Candle Dragon had authorized him to represent the Candle Dragon Lineage.
• Li Yun told them to wait until Da Peng’s Ascension Ceremony was complete and warned that Candle Dragon and the others would need to support their bid for destiny.
• Bai Jie asked to reach an agreement with the Phoenix Clan and explained that the clans’ alliance had broken down after the White Tiger Clan declined to contend for supremacy.
• Qing Luan arrived and said Bai Jie’s account left out that the White Tiger Clan’s breach of their agreement had caused the Phoenix Clan heavy losses and contributed to its decline.

Li Yun concluded that the White Tiger and Phoenix Clans had both been deceived into believing the other had betrayed them, and Bai Jie produced a pearl containing the aura of the Phoenix Clan member who misled the White Tigers. Qing Luan recognized the aura as belonging to a pure-blooded phoenix she knew, but she could not yet identify the traitor.

• Da Peng became angry at Bai Jie after Qing Luan accused the White Tiger Clan of abandoning the battlefield, but Bai Jie insisted her father had withdrawn because the clan faced a threat.
• Li Yun judged that both Bai Jie and Qing Luan were telling the truth and that someone had plotted against both clans.
• Bai Jie explained that a Phoenix Clan member had told the White Tigers the Phoenixes would not act, while Qing Luan revealed that a White Tiger had given the Phoenix Clan false information about an ambush.
• Qing Luan asked Bai Jie for evidence, and Bai Jie gave her a pearl containing the aura of the Phoenix messenger.
• Qing Luan identified the aura as belonging to a pure-blooded phoenix she knew, but she could not remember who it was.

Bai Jie identified the White Tiger Clan traitor who had helped bring ruin to the Phoenix Clan, and Da Peng demanded that her clan deal with him before their clans could continue talks. Li Yun joined Da Peng’s Enthronement Ceremony, where he planned to announce something to the gathered cultivators.

• Qing Luan gave Bai Jie a portrait of the White Tiger Clan member who had visited the Phoenix Clan, and Bai Jie recognized him as a respected elder in her clan.
• Da Peng insisted that the White Tiger Clan deal with its traitor, and Bai Jie agreed that he deserved death.
• Li Yun welcomed the agreement between the clans and urged them to cooperate in the coming struggle among the three Daos.
• Da Peng invited Li Yun to his Enthronement Ceremony, and Li Yun agreed, saying he had an announcement to make.
• Li Yun and the others arrived at the ceremony, where the assembled cultivators excitedly recognized the clan heirs and Li Yun.

At Da Peng’s Enthronement Ceremony, Li Yun faced guests eager to learn whether the Three Saints and their sects had reconciled. He denied that his visit signaled any broader alliance, then was asked whether the Phoenix Clan would join the Human Race and the Humanity Dao.

• Li Yun and his companions arrived at the main seats, where the gathered guests rose and greeted him.
• Da Peng told Li Yun that everyone had come for him, and Li Yun invited the guests to speak openly while affirming that he had come for Da Peng’s ceremony.
• A Cultivator asked whether Li Yun’s presence and the arrival of Chan Teachings disciples meant relations among the Human, Chan, and Jie Sects—or the Three Saints—were improving.
• Li Yun said he had come because Da Peng invited him and because of his close ties with Da Peng and Kong Xuan, explaining that Kong Xuan had helped him obtain the Chaos Divine Light.
• Da Peng and Kong Xuan were moved by Li Yun’s words, while Phoenix Clan supporters took heart from his stated friendship with them.
• Another guest asked whether the Phoenix Clan and Human Race intended to join forces and whether the Phoenix Clan might join the Humanity Dao.

Li Yun rejected the Phoenix Clan’s hope of joining the Humanity Dao, then confronted a pure-blood demon who claimed to represent the Devil Dao. He said he would stay out of the Devil Dao’s affairs but would settle accounts with demons who had schemed against him.

• Li Yun said the Humanity Dao had not accepted any race besides the Human Race, including the Phoenix Clan and Dragon Clan.
• A pure-blood demon stepped forward and asked Li Yun what he thought of the Demon Race and the Devil Dao.
• The gathering erupted in anger, and Da Peng threatened to kill the demon, who warned that he represented the Devil Dao.
• Li Yun ordered the crowd to calm down and rebuked the demon for invoking the Devil Dao as a threat.
• Li Yun said he would not involve himself in the Devil Dao’s affairs but would pursue the demons who had schemed against him.

Li Yun confronted a Demon Race cultivator over the past plot against him and the Humanity Dao, then forced him to reveal the identity of the one behind it. The man named Luomo, the Demonic Path Holy Son and Son of Luohu, leaving the gathering shocked and enraged.

• The Demon Race cultivator admitted that his people had schemed against Li Yun but claimed someone outside the Devil Dao had ordered it.
• Li Yun pressed the man to identify that figure and threatened to kill him if he refused.
• Kong Xuan and the others surrounded the cultivator, while Kong Xuan restrained him with Chaos-colored threads.
• The cultivator revealed that Luomo, a False Saint empowered by the Devil Dao, had targeted Li Yun.
• The man disclosed that Luomo was also the Son of Luohu, shocking the gathering and provoking widespread killing intent.

Li Yun rejected the Demon Race's request for an alliance with the Human Race and warned its envoy about the unresolved events of the past. Da Peng hosted his Enthronement Ceremony, which began with a grand procession and his arrival in imperial robes.

• Li Yun spared the Demon Race man and let him leave the Ten Thousand Volcanoes, but allowed him to ask one more question.
• The Demon Race man asked whether his race could ally with the Human Race, and Li Yun firmly refused and warned him against coveting the Human Race.
• The Demon Race man left, while others contacted their clans with Jade Talismans.
• Li Yun handed the gathering back to Da Peng, who took the main seat and began hosting his guests ahead of the ceremony.
• Guests celebrated and toasted Da Peng until the day of his Enthronement Ceremony arrived.
• Birds filled the sky as Da Peng descended in golden imperial robes atop a pure-blooded phoenix, his aura bolstered by the Phoenix Clan's fortune.

Da Peng became the new Phoenix Clan Master and drew on the clan’s fortune, but a Heavenly Dao tentacle blocked his advancement. Sect Master Tongtian cut the tentacle away, allowing Da Peng to reach Quasi-Saint Perfection, where his cultivation stabilized.

• Da Peng accepted the Phoenix Clan Master’s position as guests presented gifts and the clan cheered.
• The Phoenix Clan’s fortune flowed into Da Peng, raising his aura but failing to break the barrier to Quasi-Saint Perfection.
• Sect Master Tongtian appeared and summoned the Immortal-Slaying Four Swords to open a breach in the heavens.
• A Heavenly Dao tentacle appeared through the breach, and Tongtian drove it back with the swords.
• Da Peng absorbed the Phoenix Clan’s gathered fortune, broke his shackles, and reached Quasi-Saint Perfection.

Sect Master Tongtian warned Da Peng that the Heavenly Dao tentacle could return, then left to pursue it through the breach. Da Peng reached Quasi-Saint Perfection and was recognized as Phoenix Clan Master, then asked Li Yun to witness his wedding.

• Sect Master Tongtian calmed Da Peng and warned that the Heavenly Dao tentacle might return, advising him not to provoke it.
• Sect Master Tongtian followed the Immortal-Slaying Four Swords through the breach, which then vanished.
• The cultivators praised Da Peng’s new Quasi-Saint Perfection cultivation, and the Phoenix Clan members accepted him as their master.
• The Phoenix Clan’s destiny gathered into Da Peng, but it could no longer increase his cultivation, marking the end of his path of attaining Dao through Destiny.
• Da Peng asked Li Yun to witness his wedding, and Li Yun agreed.

Da Peng held his wedding to Feng Xue'er during his Enthronement Ceremony, and Li Yun discovered that she was a White Phoenix bound by dangerous shackles. Da Peng remained determined to marry her, and Li Yun promised to seek an elixir from his Master before officiating their wedding.

• Qing Luan announced Da Peng's Enthronement Ceremony and wedding, and Feng Xue'er emerged from the bridal sedan to join him.
• Da Peng introduced Feng Xue'er to Li Yun, who used his Eye of Heaven and Earth to discover her White Phoenix nature and shackles.
• Li Yun asked whether Da Peng knew about Feng Xue'er's condition, and Da Peng vowed not to abandon her and hoped Phoenix Clan destiny would break her shackles.
• Li Yun promised to ask his Master for an elixir as a wedding gift, and Da Peng and Feng Xue'er thanked him.
• Li Yun took Da Peng and Feng Xue'er into the air and began officiating their wedding, calling for them to bow to Heaven and Earth, the Primordial World, and the sages.

Da Peng and Feng Xue'er’s wedding, witnessed by Li Yun, drew Heaven-and-Earth Merit, and Feng Xue'er used it to unlock her potential and manifest a Life-and-Death Domain. Li Yun stopped Da Peng from giving her the Phoenix Clan’s destiny and planned to teach her Attaining Dao through Law instead.

• Li Yun witnessed Da Peng and Feng Xue'er’s wedding, which summoned Heaven-and-Earth Merit and astonished the gathered cultivators.
• Da Peng gave his share of the Merit to Feng Xue'er, who transformed into a white phoenix and revealed a domain that suppressed those around her.
• Li Yun recognized Feng Xue'er’s domain as a Life-and-Death Domain and realized she grasped the supreme Law of Life and Death.
• Da Peng tried to give Feng Xue'er the Phoenix Clan’s destiny, but Li Yun stopped him and told him to absorb it himself.
• Li Yun said he would teach Feng Xue'er Attaining Dao through Law, which could help her enter the Quasi-Saint Realm and perhaps surpass Da Peng.

Li Yun gave Feng Xue'er information on Attaining Dao through Law, allowing her to break her shackles and reach Quasi-Saint Early Stage with an unusually powerful aura. Feng Xue'er learned that she could receive the rest of the cultivation information only with the approval of Da Peng's master, and asked Da Peng why he had changed their plan.

• Da Peng rejoiced when Li Yun confirmed Feng Xue'er could surpass him, then absorbed the remaining destiny.
• Li Yun passed Feng Xue'er the information on Attaining Dao through Law, and she began cultivating as her life-and-death domain expanded.
• Feng Xue'er merged the Law of Life and Death with her domain, absorbed life force from the parasol trees, and transformed into a woman who had reached Quasi-Saint Early Stage.
• Da Peng absorbed the destiny and advanced somewhat, while the cultivators below marveled at Feng Xue'er's powerful aura.
• Feng Xue'er told Da Peng that her shackles had broken and her bloodline had transformed, but that the information she received lacked its later stages.
• Da Peng explained that Feng Xue'er needed his master's approval to receive the remaining information, and Feng Xue'er asked why he had requested the law-cultivation method instead of following their earlier plan.

Da Peng and Feng Xue'er thanked Li Yun for guiding them toward the path of Attaining Dao through Law, and Li Yun advised Feng Xue'er on cultivating her Law of Life and Death. He warned the couple to keep her potential secret while Da Peng attended to the Phoenix Clan’s affairs, but Kong Xuan reported that Zhurong was growing impatient.

• Da Peng and Feng Xue'er bowed to thank Li Yun for recognizing Feng Xue'er’s aptitude for Attaining Dao through Law.
• Li Yun told Feng Xue'er to keep refining her Life-and-Death Domain alongside her Law of Life and Death, which she had comprehended to sixty-five percent.
• Li Yun predicted that Feng Xue'er could reach the Quasi-Saint Middle Stage when her Law reached major accomplishment and warned Da Peng and Feng Xue'er to keep her situation secret from outside forces.
• Li Yun told Da Peng to first speak with the gathered Great Spiritual Power Users and settle the return of the Phoenix Clan’s former subordinates before proceeding with other matters.
• Kong Xuan thanked Li Yun for helping Da Peng and Feng Xue'er, then reported that Ancestor Witch Zhurong had begun urging them.

Li Yun announced that he possessed a complete Method of Attaining Dao through Law inherited from Pangu and offered it in exchange for the Wordless Heavenly Book. He sent the gathered cultivators to search the Northern Region, hoping to obtain the book through their efforts.

• Li Yun ordered Kong Xuan to tell Zhurong to wait until the Enthronement Ceremony ended or leave immediately.
• Li Yun borrowed Da Peng's venue and publicly confirmed that his Method of Attaining Dao through Law was genuine and more complete than the version circulating through the Primordial World.
• The crowd eagerly asked Li Yun whether he would share the method and how they could obtain it.
• Li Yun offered the complete method to whoever found the Wordless Heavenly Book and brought it to him, saying it was somewhere in the Northern Region.

Li Yun revealed that the Wordless Heavenly Book was somewhere in the Northern Region and offered a reward to whoever found it and brought it to him. Most of the gathered cultivators left Da Peng’s enthronement ceremony to begin searching, while Li Yun hoped they would locate the book before Sect Master Tongtian returned.

• Li Yun confirmed that the Wordless Heavenly Book was in the Northern Region and promised a reward, including the complete Method of Attaining Dao through Law, to whoever delivered it to him.
• Li Yun warned that no one outside the Human Race and Human Teachings could become a Human Dao Saint.
• The gathered Great Spiritual Power Users and cultivators thanked Da Peng and asked to leave so they could search for the book.
• Da Peng ordered the Phoenix Clan to open an exit from the Ten Thousand Volcanoes, and most of the cultivators departed for the Northern Region.
• Cultivators who remained behind sent word to their clans to join the search, while Li Yun welcomed their efforts as a chance to find the book before Sect Master Tongtian returned.

Li Yun sent Kong Xuan and Da Peng to finish negotiating with the races that had left the Phoenix Clan, then waited at Zhurong’s residence while Zhurong prepared to face the Vermilion Bird. After the races agreed to return, Li Yun advised Da Peng to steady his Dao Heart through dual cultivation with Feng Xue’er.

• Li Yun told Kong Xuan and Da Peng to complete the negotiations and meet him at Zhurong’s residence.
• Li Yun arrived at Zhurong’s residence and told Zhurong to prepare for their coming battle with the Vermilion Bird.
• Zhurong went inside to adjust his condition while Li Yun waited in the courtyard.
• Three days later, Kong Xuan and Da Peng reported that the races that had left had agreed to return, restoring the Phoenix Clan’s strength and fortune.
• Li Yun warned Da Peng not to rely on fortune alone and advised him to dual cultivate with Feng Xue’er to stabilize his Dao Heart.

Qing Luan returned wearing a ring linked to the Swan Race, and Kong Xuan revealed that she had once been betrothed to their young lord because of the race’s power to evolve Daoist Companions. Li Yun cautioned Da Peng against interfering in Qing Luan’s choice, but Kong Xuan warned that the evolution required pregnancy and could harm Qing Luan or her children; Zhurong then arrived with more information about the Swans’ dangerous parasitic method.

• Qing Luan appeared with a strange ring, said the matter involving Vermilion Bird was handled, and quickly left.
• Kong Xuan explained that Qing Luan had been betrothed to a Swan Race young lord, whose people could evolve through Daoist Companions or sacrifice.
• Da Peng grew furious and vowed to stop the match, but Li Yun urged him to respect Qing Luan’s choice and questioned whether the evolution was real.
• Kong Xuan warned that the evolution required Qing Luan to become pregnant and might damage her or affect her children instead.
• Zhurong arrived and said the Swan Race possessed a sinister, potentially deadly parasitic method.

Zhurong revealed that the Swan Lineage’s supposed evolution was a form of parasitism that could let a swan seize its host’s body. Dapeng attacked Bai Hong after learning Qing Luan might be in danger, while Kong Xuan and the others arrived and waited for the truth to come out.

• Zhurong explained that a parasitized swan could absorb its host’s foundation or take control of the host’s body.
• Dapeng flew toward Qing Luan after hearing the danger, and Kong Xuan thanked Zhurong and promised to seek Vermilion Bird afterward.
• About a quarter of an hour later, Dapeng used white flames to burn Bai Hong while Qing Luan and Zhu Yan'er watched from outside his power.
• Kong Xuan, Li Yun, and Zhurong arrived as cultivators gathered to witness Dapeng’s strength.
• Qing Luan urged Kong Xuan to stop Dapeng, but Kong Xuan said Dapeng would not kill Bai Hong.

Da Peng confronted Bai Hong for plotting against Qing Luan, while Kong Xuan stopped her from intervening. As Da Peng moved to kill Bai Hong, a demonic hand appeared from the sky to rescue him, revealing his connection to the Demonic Path.

• Da Peng burned Bai Hong with white flames and accused him of plotting against Qing Luan.
• Bai Hong denied the accusation and begged Qing Luan to save him, but Kong Xuan blocked her and persuaded her to stand aside.
• Kong Xuan promised Qing Luan that his master could save Bai Hong if the accusation proved false.
• Bai Hong invoked Yuan Feng's order naming him Qing Luan's chosen husband, but Da Peng rejected the order and affirmed his authority as Phoenix Clan Master.
• As Da Peng's power burned Bai Hong, Bai Hong called for his lord, and a massive hand formed amid demonic qi and descended toward him.

Zhurong destroyed the demonic hand attacking Kong Xuan, and Da Peng captured Bai Hong so Li Yun could expose the Swan Clan’s plan to possess Qing Luan. The Phoenix Clan discovered hidden Swan Clan members among its own ranks and began sealing the camp and capturing them.

• Zhurong used Nanming Li Fire to destroy the demonic hand, and Kong Xuan thanked him.
• Da Peng captured Bai Hong’s divine soul and asked Li Yun to reveal his memories.
• Li Yun exposed Bai Hong’s plot against Qing Luan and revealed that the Swan Clan’s evolution relied on parasitic possession.
• Kong Xuan asked Li Yun to show what happened after possession, revealing Swan Clan members disguised within the Pure-Blood Phoenix Clan by their black eyes.
• Da Peng ordered the Phoenix Clan to seal its main camp and capture anyone with the telltale appearance, and the clan rounded up the hidden Swan members.

The Phoenix Clan captured nearly two thousand people possessed by the Swan Lineage, only to learn that the original souls of their clansmen had already been devoured. With many of the captives being pure-blood Phoenixes, Da Peng and Qing Luan struggled to decide what to do, until Li Yun proposed using them for another purpose.

• The Phoenix Clan and its subordinate races captured nearly two thousand Swan-possessed attendants, exposing the scale of the infiltration.
• Qing Luan apologized to Da Peng and Kong Xuan for failing to discover the danger, but they reassured her that the possession had likely begun long before her stewardship.
• Qing Luan thanked Zhurong for revealing the Swan Lineage's secret, and Zhurong asked her to help him get more chances to fight the Vermilion Bird.
• A Phoenix Clan Elder reported that the Swans had devoured the original souls of their hosts, leaving the possessed clansmen dead.
• Da Peng asked Qing Luan whether they should kill the captives, but neither of them knew how to handle the many pure-blood Phoenixes among them.
• Li Yun stepped forward and proposed making use of the captives.