Recaps

Su Yun led the Beast Race in an assault on the Gu and Lightning Clans, while Xiao Yan fought to rescue Xun'er. Gu Yuan discovered the Pure Lotus Demon Saint's Tomb and escaped its Beast Race pursuers, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Su Yun prepared a false Pure Lotus Demon Saint's Tomb and rallied the Beast Race to attack the Gu Clan as Xiao Yan resolved to stop Xun'er's arranged marriage.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan intercepted Xun'er's wedding procession, but Gu Yuan defeated them and took her into the Thunder Realm.
• Su Yun arrived with the Beast Race army, breached the Thunder Realm, and pursued Gu Yuan as the Medicine Emperor’s Remnant Soul attacked the Lightning Clan.
• Su Yun killed Lei Ying, devoured the escaping Nine Profound Golden Lightning, and ordered the Beast Race to devastate the Lightning Clan.
• Ling Quan killed Gu Yao and tore apart Gu Qingyang, but Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan saved Xun'er before Ling Quan could harm her further.
• Su Yun guided the wounded Gu Yuan to a fabricated tomb, where Gu Yuan found the Pure Lotus Demon Saint's remains, a Fragmented Map, and an account of the Sword Emperor's Origin Qi.
• Gu Yuan rejected the risky plan to resurrect the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, recovered in the tomb, then broke through the Beast Race's formation and escaped.

As the Beast Race threatened the remaining clans, Xiao Yan gathered the maps needed to find the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while Gu Yuan sought a way to resurrect and control the Pure Lotus Demon Saint. Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan found the Demon Saint’s tomb, where Gu Yuan proposed an alliance that depended on Xiao Xuan’s Emperor Realm Soul and a Ninth-grade Golden Pill.

• Su Yun ordered the Beast Race army to reorganize and prepare to march against the Spirit Clan, while Xiao Yan warned the Zhongzhou Alliance that another Imperial Clan was about to fall.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xun’er’s cultivation foundation was severely damaged and decided to seek the remaining map fragment needed to subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Gu Yuan survived his injuries with the help of a Ninth-grade Mysterious Pill, then brought the final map fragment to Xiao Yan and directed him toward coordinates in the Lightning Clan’s territory.
• Gu Yuan traded the Gu Clan’s Tuoshe Ancient Emperor Jade Fragment to Hun Tiandi for a method to control the resurrected Pure Lotus Demon Saint.
• Pill Tower’s Old Ancestor failed to advance after enduring the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, then learned that Gu Yuan remained alive and approved Xiao Yan’s journey to the coordinates.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan found the ruined Thunder Realm and entered a tomb, where the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s testament revealed that the maps were intended to resurrect him.
• Gu Yuan arrived at the tomb and proposed resurrecting the Demon Saint to oppose the Son of the Dragon Phoenix, but Xiao Xuan recognized that Gu Yuan meant to use his Emperor Realm Soul.
• Xiao Yan said the three map fragments were in Senior Shennong’s safekeeping, prompting Gu Yuan to let them leave, and Gu Yuan asked Xiao Yan to take good care of Xun’er.