Recaps

Li Yun agreed to help Mystic Turtle perfect himself once he reached the Quasi-Saint Realm, and Black Tortoise appeared after Mystic Turtle summoned him. Yuanshi Tianzun asked to take Black Tortoise’s son Zhenwu as his disciple, while Mystic Turtle explained that joining the Three Pure Ones’ Lineage could give Zhenwu a chance to advance beyond the half-step saint stage.

• Li Yun accepted Mystic Turtle’s conditions and promised to return when he reached the Quasi-Saint Realm.
• Black Tortoise emerged from the water and called Mystic Turtle his elder brother.
• Mystic Turtle explained that Yuanshi Tianzun’s agreement also concerned Black Tortoise and asked about his son, Zhenwu.
• Black Tortoise said Zhenwu had completed his transformation and had strength close to an ordinary Daluo golden immortal.
• Yuanshi Tianzun asked to accept Zhenwu as his direct disciple and possible successor.
• Mystic Turtle told Black Tortoise that Zhenwu could benefit from joining Yuanshi Tianzun’s lineage and might then advance beyond the half-step saint stage.

Black Tortoise agreed to let Zhenwu become Yuanshi Tianzun’s disciple if Yuanshi guaranteed his safety, taught him a cultivation method for both body and primordial spirit, and arranged an Emperor Throne for him. Yuanshi accepted the first two conditions, and Black Tortoise’s final demand left him wondering what Zhenwu’s destiny signified.

• Black Tortoise agreed to Zhenwu becoming Yuanshi Tianzun’s disciple on the condition that Yuanshi accept three requirements.
• Black Tortoise demanded that Yuanshi protect Zhenwu from death, explaining that Zhenwu’s destiny contained several Killing Calamities.
• Yuanshi promised to protect Zhenwu and offered the Pangu Banner and Apricot Yellow Banner to help him survive the calamities.
• Black Tortoise asked Yuanshi to teach Zhenwu a method that cultivated both primordial spirit and physical body, and Yuanshi offered the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.
• Black Tortoise demanded that Yuanshi arrange an Emperor Throne for Zhenwu once he reached the Quasi-Saint Realm, surprising Li Yun and stirring Yuanshi Tianzun.

Yuanshi Tianzun tested Zhenwu’s potential in the Emperor’s Path with Li Yun’s Ultimate Emperor Seal and confirmed that Zhenwu was exceptionally talented, though he could not match Li Yun. Yuanshi Tianzun agreed to help Zhenwu obtain an Emperor Throne once he reached the Quasi-Saint realm, leaving Black Tortoise, Mystic Turtle, and Zhenwu curious about Li Yun’s extraordinary potential.

• Yuanshi Tianzun asked Black Tortoise to summon Zhenwu so he could assess his Emperor’s Posture.
• Black Tortoise opened a Space Tunnel, and Zhenwu entered and greeted Black Tortoise and Mystic Turtle.
• Yuanshi Tianzun examined Zhenwu, confirmed he had Emperor’s Aura, and borrowed Li Yun’s Ultimate Emperor Seal to test him.
• Zhenwu illuminated eight of the seal’s nine stages but could not activate the final stage.
• Yuanshi Tianzun explained that Zhenwu was exceptionally gifted but fell short of Li Yun’s unique potential, and promised to secure Zhenwu an Emperor Throne when he reached the Quasi-Saint realm.

Zhenwu accepted Yuanshi Tianzun as his master and received the treatment of a Direct Disciple, along with the Apricot Yellow Banner and the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique. Yuanshi Tianzun then left with Li Yun and Zhenwu to seek the remaining Extreme Five Elements origins, while Mystic Turtle reassured Black Tortoise about Zhenwu’s future.

• Yuanshi Tianzun offered Zhenwu a place in Chan Teachings, promising Direct Disciple status if he placed among the top twelve in a tournament held in a hundred thousand years.
• Zhenwu accepted Yuanshi Tianzun as his master, and Yuanshi gave him the Apricot Yellow Banner and a Jade Talisman containing the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.
• Li Yun considered how to advance to the Tai Yi Golden Immortal realm and noted that the Apricot Yellow Banner posed no threat to his Five-Colored Divine Light.
• Yuanshi Tianzun announced that he would take Zhenwu with him as he continued traveling with Li Yun to find the remaining two Extreme Five Elements origins.
• Zhenwu bid farewell to Mystic Turtle and Black Tortoise, then departed with Yuanshi Tianzun and Li Yun.
• Black Tortoise voiced unease about Zhenwu joining Chan Teachings, and Mystic Turtle reassured him that Li Yun’s providence could change the future.

After Yuanshi Tianzun left the Northern Darkness Region with Li Yun and Zhenwu, the saints assessed the two disciples’ potential and moved to protect their own interests. Fuxi realized Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi might threaten Li Yun and hurried to warn them.

• Jieyin and Zhunti discussed Li Yun’s mysterious aura and decided Zhunti should seek potential disciples for the Western Teachings without provoking the Three Pure Ones.
• Nuwa told Fuxi that Li Yun possessed the potential for the Emperor’s Path and belonged to Laozi’s Taiqing Lineage, so he must not be provoked.
• Fuxi realized Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi might see Li Yun as a rival and attack him, risking disaster for the Demon Clan.
• Fuxi hurried from Wa Huang Palace toward the Demon Emperor’s Palace to warn Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

Yuanshi Tianzun brought Li Yun and Zhenwu to Wuzhuang Temple, where Zhen Yuanzi welcomed them and offered them Ginseng Fruits. Li Yun and Zhenwu ate the fruits and began refining their powerful effects.

• Yuanshi Tianzun, Li Yun, and Zhenwu encountered Zhen Yuanzi while traveling through the Western Region.
• Zhen Yuanzi welcomed them to Wuzhuang Temple and invited Li Yun and Zhenwu to taste the ripened Ginseng Fruits.
• Yuanshi Tianzun led the group to the rear courtyard to see the Ginseng Fruit Tree.
• Zhen Yuanzi summoned Ginseng Fruits for the visitors, and Yuanshi Tianzun told Li Yun and Zhenwu to eat them.
• Li Yun felt the fruits strengthen his blood and vitality, then ate the remaining two and refined them with the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.
• Zhenwu also ate his remaining two Ginseng Fruits to strengthen himself.

Yuanshi Tianzun explained to Zhen Yuanzi that Li Yun was cultivating the Ultimate Dao Fruit Method and needed extreme five elements qi. After Yuanshi Tianzun revealed that the Ginseng Fruit Tree held the origin of ultimate wood, Zhen Yuanzi reluctantly yielded, and Li Yun promised to repay him for granting permission to take some.

• Yuanshi Tianzun told Zhen Yuanzi that Li Yun was cultivating the Ultimate Dao Fruit Method and needed to absorb extreme five elements qi.
• Zhen Yuanzi praised Li Yun’s aptitude and learned that Yuanshi Tianzun wished he could take Li Yun as his own disciple, though Li Yun remained Supreme Purity Laozi’s disciple.
• Yuanshi Tianzun asked whether the Ginseng Fruit Tree contained the origin of ultimate wood, and Zhen Yuanzi realized he wanted it for Li Yun.
• Zhen Yuanzi confirmed that the Ginseng Fruit Tree held the origin of ultimate wood and reluctantly agreed to part with some.
• Li Yun rose, bowed to Zhen Yuanzi, and promised to repay him for granting permission.

Li Yun absorbed the Ginseng Fruit Tree’s Origin of Ultimate Wood to cultivate his secret technique, revealing the aura of his Pangu bloodline. Excited by Li Yun’s potential, Zhen Yuanzi used the Earth Book to draw out the Primordial World’s Extreme Earth origin and help him further awaken his bloodline.

• Zhen Yuanzi agreed to give Li Yun part of the Ginseng Fruit Tree’s origin and drew out its Origin of Ultimate Wood, causing the tree to wither as its fruits replenished its lost power.
• Li Yun absorbed the origin with the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and merged it into his internal organs through the Five Elements Cycle.
• Yuanshi Tianzun told Zhenwu that Li Yun was cultivating a secret technique that had to be started before completing the Five Qi Towards Origin Dao Fruit.
• Zhen Yuanzi sensed the Pangu bloodline in Li Yun, and Yuanshi Tianzun confirmed it, leaving Zhen Yuanzi excited about Li Yun’s future.
• Zhen Yuanzi opened the Earth Book and drew Extreme Earth origin from the Primordial World’s Earth Veins for Li Yun to absorb alongside the wood origin.

Li Yun absorbed the Extreme Earth origin alongside the Ginseng Fruit Tree’s Extreme Wood origin, strengthening his body while suppressing a breakthrough. Zhen Yuanzi realized he had disrupted Laozi’s plans, then hurried to Huoyun Cave to seek an item that might appease him.

• Yuanshi Tianzun warned Zhen Yuanzi that giving Li Yun the Extreme Earth origin had disrupted Laozi’s arrangements.
• Li Yun absorbed the Extreme Wood and Extreme Earth origins over three days, bringing his physical strength close to Golden Immortal Perfection while keeping his cultivation from advancing.
• Zhen Yuanzi worried that Laozi would blame him, and he promised to apologize to Laozi at the Birthday of the Demon Emperor’s Son.
• Yuanshi Tianzun took Li Yun and Zhenwu from Wuzhuang Temple toward the Extreme West Region.
• Zhen Yuanzi sealed Wuzhuang Temple and headed to Huoyun Cave to find an item belonging to Hong Yun that might resolve the problem with Laozi.

Li Yun, Zhenwu, and Yuanshi Tianzun entered the White Tiger Clan’s prosperous Ancestral Land and met Bai Jie, the Sacred Beast White Tiger’s exceptionally gifted daughter. Yuanshi Tianzun arrived to speak with Sacred Beast White Tiger, who asked what had brought him there.

• Li Yun and Zhenwu were astonished by the White Tiger Clan’s vast population and learned from Yuanshi Tianzun why the clan thrived in its Ancestral Land.
• A Quasi-Saint white tiger recognized Yuanshi Tianzun and led him, Li Yun, and Zhenwu to White Tiger Palace, a Merit Spirit Treasure.
• Bai Jie greeted Yuanshi Tianzun and escorted the group inside after explaining that her father had invited him to talk.
• Li Yun inspected Bai Jie and found that she was an advanced Saint White Tiger with Early Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal cultivation.
• Sacred Beast White Tiger welcomed Yuanshi Tianzun and asked what had brought him to the White Tiger Clan.

Yuanshi Tianzun asked Sacred Beast White Tiger for extreme gold origin to help Li Yun cultivate the Ultimate Dao Fruit Method. Sacred Beast White Tiger agreed to provide it if Li Yun passed a trial against five White Tiger Golden Immortals, and Li Yun accepted.

• Yuanshi Tianzun explained that Li Yun needed extreme gold origin to complement his powers of extreme wood, water, and earth.
• Sacred Beast White Tiger recognized that Li Yun was pursuing the Ultimate Dao Fruit Method, and Yuanshi Tianzun defended the possibility of completing it.
• Li Yun introduced himself as a Human Teachings Disciple, and Sacred Beast White Tiger agreed to give him the extreme gold origin if he passed a trial.
• Sacred Beast White Tiger set a series of one-on-one fights against five Golden Immortal juniors and promised to teach Li Yun a Gold Control Art if he won.
• Li Yun accepted the trial, and Sacred Beast White Tiger sent Bai Jie to choose five clansmen.
• Sacred Beast White Tiger recognized Zhenwu as Black Tortoise's offspring and told him to call him Uncle, recalling their clans' cooperation in ancient calamities.

The Sacred Beast White Tiger asked Yuanshi Tianzun to take his daughter Bai Jie as a disciple, and Yuanshi agreed to train her as an Inner Disciple with the chance to compete for Direct Disciple status. When Bai Jie returned with five White Tiger Clan cultivators, Li Yun challenged all five to fight him at once.

• Zhenwu greeted the Sacred Beast White Tiger as his uncle, and the Sacred Beast White Tiger confirmed that Yuanshi Tianzun had accepted Zhenwu as a disciple.
• The Sacred Beast White Tiger proposed Bai Jie as another disciple, describing her pure bloodline and her potential to reach Innate Demonic God aptitude as an adult.
• Yuanshi Tianzun agreed to accept Bai Jie as an Inner Disciple and explained that she could compete for Direct Disciple status in a Combat Tournament held every hundred thousand years.
• Bai Jie entered with five Golden Immortal Realm members of the White Tiger Clan and introduced them to her father.
• Li Yun agreed to assess the five cultivators, then provoked them by demanding that all five fight him together, angering the group.

Li Yun took on five Golden Immortal cultivators of the White Tiger Clan and defeated them with the God-Slaying Flying Sword, his physical defenses, and Taiqing Divine Thunder. He gained several Traits, including the Sacred Beast Bloodline, and left Bai Jie and Zhenwu stunned by his strength.

• Yuanshi Tianzun supported Li Yun’s challenge, and Sacred Beast White Tiger allowed the five White Tiger Clan cultivators to attack together.
• Li Yun used the God-Slaying Flying Sword to shatter the five cultivators’ Tin Gold claws and leave cuts on their necks, defeating three of them.
• Li Yun’s body withstood the remaining two attacks, and he struck them down with Taiqing Divine Thunder before cutting their necks with the flying sword.
• Li Yun obtained five Traits, including the Red Sacred Beast Bloodline, but judged it less valuable than his Great Witch Bloodline.
• Bai Jie and Zhenwu marveled at Li Yun’s instant victory and extraordinary physical strength.

After passing the Sacred Beast White Tiger’s test, Li Yun received the Extreme Gold Origin and arranged to stay in the White Tiger Clan’s territory, where he hoped to fight more clan members and gain Traits. Meanwhile, Bai Jie joined the Chan Teachings as Yuanshi Tianzun’s disciple and received a treasured hairpin.

• The Sacred Beast White Tiger praised Li Yun’s strength and gave him the Extreme Gold Origin after he passed the test.
• Li Yun asked to absorb the origin in the White Tiger Clan’s residential area, and the Sacred Beast White Tiger sent Bai Xuan and four others to escort him there.
• Yuanshi Tianzun agreed to stay and guide Zhenwu and Bai Jie, while explaining that the White Tiger Clan’s experts could help them cultivate the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.
• After Li Yun and the others left, the Sacred Beast White Tiger told Yuanshi Tianzun that Bai Jie would become his disciple.
• Bai Jie accepted the offer, performed three bows and nine kowtows to Yuanshi Tianzun, and received the Golden Phoenix Hairpin.

Yuanshi Tianzun gave Bai Jie a Golden Phoenix Hairpin and began teaching her the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, while Li Yun offered to teach the White Tiger Clan his Seventy-Two Transformations if one of their cultivators could defeat him. Bai Xuan and the Five eagerly agreed to summon clan members for the challenge.

• Yuanshi Tianzun gave Bai Jie the Golden Phoenix Hairpin as compensation for her Inner Disciple status and promised her a chance to become a Direct Disciple in the future.
• The Sacred Beast White Tiger took Zhenwu to the White Tiger Clan to spar with powerful clan members, while Yuanshi Tianzun began teaching Bai Jie the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.
• Bai Xuan and the Five brought Li Yun to an empty courtyard, where he offered to teach a technique to any qualifying White Tiger Clan member who defeated him.
• Li Yun demonstrated the Seventy-Two Transformations by turning a stone into a White Tiger and claimed the technique could help cultivators avoid the Three Disasters, Nine Calamities, and Ten Tribulations.
• Bai Xuan and the Five accepted Li Yun's offer and set out to summon clan members to challenge him after he finished absorbing the Extreme Gold Origin.

Li Yun absorbed the extreme gold origin, advancing to the mid Golden Immortal Realm and bringing his body to Golden Immortal perfection. He emerged to find White Tiger Clan cultivators gathered for the promised sparring, with Bai Xuan confirming they all met Li Yun’s cultivation limits.

• Bai Xuan and the other four spread news of Li Yun’s Seventy-Two Transformations throughout the White Tiger Clan, drawing cultivators eager to learn it.
• Li Yun absorbed the extreme gold origin using the Five Elements Cycle while White Tiger Clan members gathered outside his residence to inspect his transformation and await him.
• Li Yun completed absorbing the extreme gold origin, advanced to the mid Golden Immortal Realm, and strengthened his body to Golden Immortal perfection.
• Li Yun left his room intending to arrange fights so he could collect traits from the White Tiger Clan cultivators.
• Bai Xuan told Li Yun that the gathered clansmen ranged from the Golden Immortal Realm to around late Tai Yi Golden Immortal, with none above his specified limit.

Li Yun set the rules for a White Tiger Clan tournament, with groups of cultivators challenging him for the Seventy-Two Transformations, and led them to Training Ground No. 8. He defeated the first ten challengers with his God-Slaying Flying Sword, making the watching clan members wary of his strength and treasure.

• Li Yun announced that Golden Immortal cultivators would fight him in groups of ten or five, while Tai Yi Golden Immortals could only challenge him one-on-one.
• Bai Xuan and the Five accepted Li Yun's rules, and the White Tiger Clan took him to Training Ground No. 8.
• Li Yun summoned the God-Slaying Gourd and called for the Early and Mid Golden Immortal cultivators to fight first.
• Ten Early Golden Immortal White Tiger Clan members attacked Li Yun, but his God-Slaying Flying Sword defeated them within moments.
• A clansman identified Li Yun's weapon as a High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, and the Golden Immortal cultivators began regarding him cautiously.

Li Yun defeated wave after wave of White Tiger Clan Golden Immortal cultivators, using his physical strength, God-Slaying Flying Sword, and Taiqing Divine Thunder to overwhelm the arena. After more than three hundred opponents fell, the White Tiger Clan’s Tai Yi Golden Immortals stepped forward, and Li Yun agreed to rest before facing them.

• Li Yun defeated the first two groups of White Tiger Clan cultivators with the God-Slaying Flying Sword and his powerful physical body.
• The White Tiger Clan sent cultivators in their true forms, and Li Yun struck them down with Taiqing Divine Thunder.
• The White Tiger Clan attacked Li Yun in waves, but he continued fighting from the air with the God-Slaying Flying Sword and Taiqing Divine Thunder.
• After three hours, Li Yun had defeated more than three hundred Golden Immortal Realm White Tiger Clan cultivators, and the Tai Yi Golden Immortals stepped forward.
• A White Tiger Clan Tai Yi Golden Immortal offered Li Yun a rest, and Li Yun accepted, having spent roughly eighty percent of his Magical Power.

Li Yun upgraded four Traits to Red Affixes and synthesized many more, finding several powerful Traits among them. After deciding to target Great Witch Bloodline for his next upgrade, he resumed fighting the White Tiger Clan cultivators, and the first opponent attacked.

• Li Yun upgraded AFK, Alchemy Genius, Artifact Refining Genius, and Formation Master Genius into Red Affixes.
• Li Yun synthesized most of his remaining Purple Affixes into Red Affixes and identified five valuable Traits, including Innate Divine Strength, Time Re-pupil, and Void.
• Li Yun decided that defeating the White Tiger Clan cultivators could give him enough Traits to upgrade Great Witch Bloodline.
• After recovering most of his Magical Power, Li Yun challenged the Tai Yi Golden Immortal White Tiger Clan cultivators, and one stepped forward to fight him.
• Li Yun sent out the God-Slaying Flying Sword, and the White Tiger cultivator transformed into his true form and attacked him with his claws.

Li Yun defeated White Tiger Clan Tai Yi Golden Immortals one after another, then used the rewards to upgrade his Great Witch Bloodline Trait into the Ancestor Witch Bloodline. His newfound power left even a Late Tai Yi Golden Immortal unable to withstand one punch.

• Li Yun activated the True Dragon Soul and punched a White Tiger Clan Tai Yi Golden Immortal out of his true form, while the God-Slaying Flying Sword forced him to concede defeat.
• A succession of White Tiger Clan Tai Yi Golden Immortals challenged Li Yun, but he defeated them with the God-Slaying Flying Sword and Taiqing Divine Thunder, accumulating more than one hundred Red Affixes.
• Li Yun told the system to upgrade the Great Witch Bloodline Trait, consuming one hundred Red Affixes to obtain the Ancestor Witch Bloodline.
• Empowered by the Ancestor Witch Bloodline, Li Yun sent a Late Tai Yi Golden Immortal White Tiger flying with one punch, stunning the White Tiger Clan cultivators.

Li Yun’s ancestor witch bloodline awakened, greatly strengthening his body, and he challenged fifteen late Tai Yi Golden Immortals of the White Tiger Clan to attack him together. As they fought him to a standstill with their formation, Zhenwu, Bai Jie, Sacred Beast White Tiger, and Yuanshi Tianzun arrived to watch.

• Li Yun checked his Personal Panel and discovered that his ancestor witch bloodline had raised his Pangu Clan status and greatly improved his physical strength.
• Li Yun invited the fifteen remaining White Tiger Clan cultivators to attack him together, promising that his earlier offer still stood if they defeated him.
• The fifteen White Tiger Clan cultivators joined forces and charged Li Yun, who fought them without using the God-Slaying Flying Sword.
• Li Yun and the fifteen White Tigers battled across the desert, with their formation allowing them to hold their ground against his powerful physical attacks and Taiqing Divine Thunder.
• Zhenwu and Bai Jie noticed the battle and arrived with Sacred Beast White Tiger and Yuanshi Tianzun, where Zhenwu recognized Li Yun and marveled at his strength.

Yuanshi Tianzun realized Li Yun’s bloodline had evolved to a level comparable to an Ancestor Witch, explaining his ability to fight fifteen Late Tai Yi Golden Immortals as a Golden Immortal. After the Sacred Beast White Tiger learned Li Yun carried Pangu bloodline, he promised to keep it secret and asked whether Li Yun was married.

• Zhenwu and Bai Jie watched Li Yun hold his own against fifteen Late Tai Yi Golden Immortals and marveled at his strength.
• Yuanshi Tianzun recognized that Li Yun’s bloodline had evolved from Great Witch purity to a level comparable to an Ancestor Witch.
• The Sacred Beast White Tiger arrived and learned that Li Yun possessed unusually pure Pangu bloodline.
• Zhenwu and Bai Jie reacted with astonishment when Yuanshi Tianzun confirmed Li Yun’s lineage.
• Yuanshi Tianzun asked the Sacred Beast White Tiger not to spread the secret and explained that Li Yun’s battles with the White Tiger Clan seemed to have advanced his bloodline.
• The Sacred Beast White Tiger promised to keep the matter private, then asked Yuanshi Tianzun whether Li Yun was married.

Li Yun defeated fifteen White Tiger Clan cultivators by unleashing the Five-Colored Divine Light, shocking Yuanshi Tianzun and the others. After the sparring match ended, Yuanshi Tianzun resolved to discuss Li Yun’s unexplained power with his eldest brother.

• Sacred Beast White Tiger proposed a marriage arrangement between Bai Jie and Li Yun, but Yuanshi Tianzun rejected it and explained that Pangu Lineage marriages required equal bloodlines.
• Li Yun unleashed the Five-Colored Divine Light, erased the fifteen White Tiger Clan cultivators’ Tin Gold power, and defeated them.
• Sacred Beast White Tiger recognized the divine ability, while Yuanshi Tianzun identified it as resembling Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light and decided to consult his eldest brother.
• Li Yun received Traits from the defeated cultivators and reflected on the power of his Five-Colored Divine Light.
• The fifteen White Tiger Clan cultivators accepted their defeat, and Bai Xuan and the Five praised Li Yun’s strength.

After Li Yun defeated the White Tiger Clan cultivators, Yuanshi Tianzun discovered that his bloodline had evolved to a level comparable to the Ancestor Witches and warned him to keep it secret. Yuanshi decided to send Li Yun back to Kunlun Mountain to seek the Origin of Extreme Fire, while Zhenwu and Bai Jie stayed behind to train.

• Li Yun thanked Bai Xuan and the Five for arranging the sparring, and Sacred Beast White Tiger praised his performance.
• Li Yun asked Sacred Beast White Tiger not to punish Bai Xuan and the Five, but the clan chief instead rewarded them with three shares of resources.
• Yuanshi Tianzun examined Li Yun and confirmed that his bloodline was comparable to the Ancestor Witches, warning him not to reveal the transformation.
• Yuanshi Tianzun decided Li Yun should return to Kunlun Mountain to find the Origin of Extreme Fire, while Zhenwu and Bai Jie remained in the Extreme West Region to train with the White Tiger Clan.
• Sacred Beast White Tiger agreed to the plan and asked Yuanshi Tianzun to return later to guide Zhenwu and Bai Jie.

Li Yun left the Extreme West with Yuanshi Tianzun to address his urgent need to absorb the Origin of Extreme Fire and complete his Extreme Five Elements. On the way, they encountered Zhunti, who learned that Li Yun was Laozi’s disciple and offered to help.

• Li Yun bade farewell to Sacred Beast White Tiger and followed Yuanshi Tianzun out of the Extreme West toward Kunlun Mountain.
• Bai Jie told Sacred Beast White Tiger she had completed her conversion to the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and asked whether he wanted to cultivate it.
• Sacred Beast White Tiger rebuked Bai Jie for offering to teach the Three Pure Ones’ method to an outsider, then ordered her and Zhenwu to train against numerous opponents of their realm.
• Yuanshi Tianzun stopped Li Yun in midair and called out a hidden visitor, who appeared as Zhunti.
• Zhunti asked whether Li Yun was Yuanshi Tianzun’s disciple, learned he was Laozi’s disciple, and offered to help him with his business in the Western Lands.