Recaps

After the five Saints established their sects, Xian Junyu worried that the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation would destroy his peaceful life, but Tongtian assigned him to guide future disciples to the Interception Sect. Meanwhile, Duobao decided to travel to Mount Kunlun and consider joining one of the Three Pure Ones.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti each established their sects and attained sainthood.
• Xian Junyu recalled how Tongtian had taken him as his disciple and worried about the Interception Sect's fate during the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation.
• Tongtian urged Xian Junyu to cultivate, then tasked him with guiding those who came seeking discipleship to the newly established Interception Sect.
• Xian Junyu returned to his cave and chose to relax rather than cultivate, believing that only Saints could escape being treated as pawns.
• Duobao considered which Saint to follow, ruled out Jieyin and Zhunti, and set off for Mount Kunlun.

Xian Junyu met Xuandu, who brought orders from Taiqing and the other Saints for them to manage the beings arriving to seek discipleship at Mount Kunlun. At the mountain’s foot, Xian Junyu and Xuandu began receiving visitors, and Xian Junyu rebuked low-level demons who demanded entry.

• Xuandu introduced himself as Taiqing’s disciple and explained that he had come to visit Xian Junyu and help manage those seeking discipleship.
• Xian Junyu agreed to work with Xuandu, learning that Taiqing would not open his own gate to accept more disciples.
• Xian Junyu brought his reclining chair to the foot of Mount Kunlun, where he lounged while Xuandu stood ready to receive visitors.
• Untransformed lesser demons complained that the mountain’s formation kept them out, while Xuandu ignored their shouts.
• Xian Junyu scolded the demons and told them Mount Kunlun would not accept just anyone; some left, while others stayed to meditate and cultivate.

Duobao reached Mount Kunlun and sought to become a disciple of Saint Taiqing, but Xuandu told him that Taiqing would not accept disciples. Duobao then chose Saint Yuqing, and Xian Junyu led him to Yuanshi’s Daoist Sanctuary.

• Duobao passed through Mount Kunlun’s grand formation and became the first visitor to arrive.
• Xian Junyu asked Duobao which of the Three Saints he wished to follow, and Duobao first chose Saint Taiqing.
• Xuandu told Duobao that Taiqing had no intention of accepting disciples, so Duobao chose Saint Yuqing instead.
• Xian Junyu introduced himself as a disciple of Saint Shangqing and led Duobao to Yuanshi’s Daoist Sanctuary.
• Yuanshi invited Xian Junyu inside, and two Golden Immortal Daoist Children welcomed the visitors at the entrance.

Xian Junyu visited Venerable Yuanshi with Duobao, who hoped to become a disciple, and Yuanshi criticized Tongtian for Xian Junyu’s slow cultivation. Yuanshi offered Xian Junyu the Chan Sect’s vice-leader position and major resources, but Xian Junyu refused to betray his master.

• Xian Junyu entered Venerable Yuanshi’s residence while the Daoist Children stopped Duobao from following and rejected his Spiritual Treasures.
• Yuanshi welcomed Xian Junyu and criticized Tongtian after learning that Xian Junyu had remained at the Mid-Earth Immortal Realm for over seven hundred years.
• Xian Junyu defended Tongtian and explained that his lack of interest in cultivation was his own choice.
• Yuanshi urged Xian Junyu to join the Chan Sect, offering him the Vice Sect Master position, the Pangu Banner, access to all resources, and guidance toward Quasi-Saint Great Perfection.
• Xian Junyu thanked Yuanshi but refused, declaring that he would never betray Tongtian.

Yuanshi refused to take Duobao as his disciple, so Xian Junyu brought him to meet Tongtian instead. Tongtian welcomed Duobao into his sanctuary, leaving his intentions toward the hopeful seeker still unspoken.

• Yuanshi rejected Duobao because he disliked transformed spirits and instructed Xian Junyu to turn away similar creatures from Mount Kunlun.
• Xian Junyu told Duobao that Yuanshi would not meet him and had declared they lacked master-disciple affinity.
• Duobao chose to keep seeking a Saint and asked Xian Junyu to take him to Shangqing Tongtian.
• Tongtian invited Xian Junyu and Duobao inside and offered them meditation cushions.
• Tongtian glared at Xian Junyu for sitting without thanking him, while Xian Junyu mistakenly thought his Master was impressed by Duobao's talent.

Tongtian accepted Duobao as his second disciple and taught him the Great Dao True Scripture of Shangqing, activating Xian Junyu’s system. Tongtian offered to let Xian Junyu study under his brothers, but Xian Junyu refused to leave the Interception Sect.

• Tongtian investigated Duobao’s origins, accepted him into the Interception Sect, and passed down the Great Dao True Scripture of Shangqing.
• Xian Junyu received a system notification that he had acquired a junior disciple and learned that the Invincible Senior Disciple System was activating.
• Tongtian questioned Xian Junyu about Yuanshi, and Xian Junyu concealed Yuanshi’s criticism of his master.
• Tongtian offered to let Xian Junyu become a disciple of Taiqing or Yuanshi because his cultivation had barely advanced in a thousand years.
• Xian Junyu refused to leave Tongtian, declaring that he would remain his disciple, while Duobao realized that both Taiqing and Yuanshi had wanted to accept him.

Xian Junyu learned that his Invincible Senior Disciple System could return a multiple of his junior disciples’ cultivation, and he bound Duobao to it. After three months of waiting at Mount Kunlun, he and Xuandu spotted a female Heavenly Immortal cultivator arriving.

• Tongtian dismissed Xian Junyu and Duobao, then considered but rejected giving Xian Junyu a Nine Revolutions Great Luo Golden Elixir.
• Xian Junyu told Duobao to find a cave dwelling and tried to assign him the task of welcoming new disciples, but fled when Tongtian reprimanded him.
• Xian Junyu learned the system’s abilities and successfully bound Duobao, hoping to gain cultivation from his junior brother.
• Xian Junyu returned to the foot of Mount Kunlun and began cultivating while he and Xuandu waited for disciples to arrive.
• After three months without visitors, a female Heavenly Immortal cultivator crossed Mount Kunlun’s formations, and Xuandu alerted Xian Junyu.

Jin Ling arrived at Kunlun seeking to join Tongtian’s Interception Sect, while Xian Junyu avoided meeting his Master and sent Xuandu to escort her. Tongtian accepted Jin Ling as his third Personal Disciple, and Xian Junyu bound her through his system.

• Jin Ling introduced herself and said she wished to join Saint Shangqing’s Interception Sect.
• Xian Junyu, wary of Tongtian after their recent misunderstanding, sent Xuandu to take Jin Ling to Tongtian’s Daoist Sanctuary.
• Tongtian became angry that Xian Junyu had not come, but withdrew his Saintly pressure after Xuandu said Xian Junyu had been cultivating.
• Tongtian discovered through his divine sense that Xian Junyu was not cultivating and ordered Xuandu to handle other sects’ disciples, requiring Xian Junyu to bring Interception Sect applicants himself.
• Tongtian accepted Jin Ling as his third Personal Disciple and bestowed scriptures and magical treasures upon her.
• Xian Junyu bound Jin Ling through his system, bringing his total number of bound personnel to two.

Three years after Jin Ling joined the Jie Sect, Xian Junyu complained about his disciples’ lack of progress and hurried to Tongtian’s summons with Duobao, Jin Ling, Wu Dang, and Gui Ling. Tongtian welcomed his five personal disciples, and Xian Junyu braced for another punishment by pointing out that he had entered with his left foot.

• Three years passed as Wu Dang and Gui Ling joined the Jie Sect, while Nan Ji became the Chan Sect’s First Disciple.
• Xian Junyu returned from gathering Spiritual Fruits and grumbled that Duobao and Jin Ling had made no progress during their long seclusions.
• The Jie Sect’s gathering bell rang, and Xian Junyu set out for Tongtian’s sanctuary with Duobao and Jin Ling.
• Wu Dang and Gui Ling joined the group, and Xian Junyu led all four disciples to the sanctuary without blaming Wu Dang for his earlier beating.
• The five disciples paid their respects to Tongtian, who raised them and surveyed them before fixing his gaze on Xian Junyu.
• Xian Junyu pointed out that he had entered the sanctuary with his left foot and challenged Tongtian not to punish him for it.

Tongtian summoned Xian Junyu and his junior disciples to preach the Dao, but Xian Junyu fell asleep during the lecture. Tongtian caught him as he tried to flee, leaving Xian Junyu pleading for mercy.

• Tongtian teased Xian Junyu about entering the Daoist Sanctuary with his right foot, then let him off when he said he would walk through it again.
• Tongtian announced that he would preach the Dao for three hundred years and repeat the lectures every three thousand years.
• Tongtian used his power to place Xian Junyu at the front, where Xian Junyu pretended to meditate as the lecture began.
• Xian Junyu fell asleep and snored, interrupting Tongtian's preaching and drawing the attention of Duobao and the others.
• Xian Junyu tried to run, but Tongtian used the Law of Space to pull him back and leave him pleading for mercy.

Tongtian’s three-hundred-year lecture helped Xian Junyu and his junior disciples improve their cultivation, while the system returned even greater gains to Xian Junyu. As the lecture ended, Xian Junyu kept breaking through, and the chapter left his cultivation still rising before Tongtian and the others.

• Tongtian punished Xian Junyu for sleeping during the lecture, then ordered Daoist Children to keep him awake.
• Xian Junyu forced himself to listen and entered a state of enlightenment alongside Duobao and the others.
• After Tongtian ended the lecture, Jin Ling, Wu Dang, Gui Ling, and Duobao broke through, triggering the system to return cultivation to Xian Junyu.
• Xian Junyu advanced from the Earth Immortal Realm into the Heavenly Immortal Realm as his cultivation and the spiritual energy around him surged.
• Xian Junyu continued breaking through the Heavenly and Mystic Immortal stages while Tongtian and his disciples watched in disbelief.

Xian Junyu abruptly broke through from the Earth Immortal Realm to the Taiyi Realm during Tongtian's sermon, leaving Tongtian unable to deduce the reason. After Xian Junyu recovered, Tongtian questioned him, but he offered no useful explanation.

• Xian Junyu's cultivation surged through four realms to the Grand Unity Heavenly Immortal Realm, and Tongtian failed to uncover the cause by deducing the heavenly secrets.
• Tongtian ended the sermon and moved Xian Junyu, who had entered deep meditation, into his main hall.
• Duobao, Jin Ling, Gui Ling, and Wu Dang discussed Xian Junyu's breakthrough and resolved to focus on their own cultivation.
• Three days later, Xian Junyu emerged from meditation and found Tongtian waiting across from him in the main hall.
• Tongtian demanded an explanation for Xian Junyu's Taiyi cultivation, but Xian Junyu claimed he did not know and offered several implausible guesses.

After Tongtian sent Xian Junyu back to his sanctuary, Xian Junyu planned to counter the Heavenly Dao and the coming crisis before visiting Yuanshi. At Yuanshi’s sanctuary, he met Nan Ji, Yun Zhongzi, and Guang Chengzi, whose surprise at his Golden Immortal cultivation left them reconsidering his reputation as a lazybones.

• Tongtian sent Xian Junyu back to his Daoist Sanctuary and chose not to probe his secrets.
• Xian Junyu planned to rely on Jie Sect’s Tide of Ten Thousand Immortals to advance toward Sainthood and help Tongtian face the Investiture of the Gods crisis.
• Xian Junyu decided to visit Yuanshi, and Tongtian deduced his intentions and recognized that his First Disciple had changed.
• Xian Junyu met Nan Ji, Yun Zhongzi, and Guang Chengzi at Yuanshi’s sanctuary, praised the younger disciples’ potential, and went inside to see Yuanshi.
• Guang Chengzi questioned why Nan Ji treated Xian Junyu with respect, and Nan Ji explained that Xian Junyu had reached the Golden Immortal Realm and should not be underestimated.

Xian Junyu asked Yuanshi to teach him artifact forging and spent three thousand years studying and practicing under his strict guidance. He completed his training and left with precious forging materials from Yuanshi.

• Xian Junyu visited Yuanshi and asked to learn artifact forging, and Yuanshi gave him Jade Slips to study before beginning practical instruction.
• Xian Junyu spent a hundred years memorizing the Jade Clarity Artifact Forging Technique, while the system rewarded him when Duobao advanced his cultivation.
• Xian Junyu learned that Chi Jingzi, Wuyun Xian, and Jingu Xian Ma Sui had joined the Chan Sect and Interception Sect, and he passed Yuanshi's recitation test.
• Yuanshi corrected Xian Junyu's forging mistakes throughout the following twenty-nine hundred years as Xian Junyu produced many experimental artifacts.
• Xian Junyu completed his artifact-forging training, and Yuanshi gave him rare innate materials before sending him away.

Xian Junyu attended Tongtian's three-hundred-year preaching with disciples from all Three Teachings, but spent the time studying artifact refining instead of comprehending the Dao. After the others left, Tongtian confronted him about his progress with the Jade Clarity Artifact Forging Technique.

• Xian Junyu arrived at Tongtian's Daoist Sanctuary and found disciples from the Interception Sect, Chan Sect, and Renjiao gathered for the preaching.
• Tongtian began his three-hundred-year preaching, while Xian Junyu focused on digesting his artifact-refining knowledge.
• After the preaching, the disciples broke through to the Golden Immortal realm and passed their heavenly tribulations, while Xian Junyu asked the System Bro to delay his cultivation return.
• Tongtian dismissed the disciples and announced that Yuanshi would preach in three thousand years and Laozi in six thousand years.
• Tongtian stopped Xian Junyu as he was leaving and teased him about integrating the Jade Clarity Artifact Forging Technique, while Xian Junyu pretended not to understand.

Tongtian confronted Xian Junyu about neglecting cultivation to learn Artifact Refining and assigned him a three-hundred-year stay in the Daoist Sanctuary. He then bestowed the Immortal Slaying Sword on Xian Junyu, who accepted it and began absorbing cultivation returned by the system.

• Tongtian revealed that Yuanshi had told him Xian Junyu left to learn Artifact Refining and explained that he was angry about Xian Junyu neglecting Dao comprehension.
• Xian Junyu admitted his mistake, and Tongtian ordered him to stay in the Daoist Sanctuary for three hundred years, clean, and refine five Houtian Spiritual Treasures.
• Tongtian offered Xian Junyu a Spiritual Treasure and gave him the Immortal Slaying Sword, an Xiantian Spiritual Treasure.
• Xian Junyu tried to refuse the sword because he felt unworthy, but Tongtian left after insisting that he wield it.
• Xian Junyu stored the Immortal Slaying Sword, found a room in the Daoist Sanctuary, and began absorbing cultivation returned by the system.

Xian Junyu received a massive cultivation return and advanced to Late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal, then spent his punishment consolidating his strength and refining treasures. As Jie Sect’s new disciples arrived, he decided to screen them carefully, while Chang'er Dingguang Xian complained about the Inner Sect Disciples’ treatment of the Seven Attendant Immortals.

• The system returned Late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation to Xian Junyu after several Jie Sect disciples advanced, and he completed the breakthrough.
• Tongtian, Yuanshi, and Taiqing Laozi sensed Xian Junyu’s breakthrough; Tongtian and Laozi suspected he had an unexplained secret, while Yuanshi blamed Tongtian’s use of pills.
• Xian Junyu resolved to personally screen Jie Sect’s incoming disciples and used his punishment to consolidate his cultivation and improve his artifact refining.
• Over nearly three hundred years, the Seven Attendant Immortals arrived and Jie Sect accepted nearly one hundred Inner Sect Disciples.
• Chang'er Dingguang Xian complained to Jinguang Xian about the Inner Sect Disciples’ behavior and asserted the Seven Attendant Immortals’ superiority.

Chang Er sought revenge on the Inner Sect Disciple who had beaten him and planned to enlist Xian Junyu, unaware that the sweeper he questioned was Xian Junyu himself. Xian Junyu played along as Chang Er probed him about the imprisoned Senior Disciple Brother.

• Jin Guang urged Chang Er to let go of his quarrel with the Inner Sect Disciple, but Chang Er insisted on revenge.
• Chang Er decided to seek help from Xian Junyu, whom he believed was a powerful Taiyi cultivator imprisoned by Tongtian.
• Xian Junyu overheard Chang Er and Jin Guang discussing their plan while he swept leaves in the Daoist Sanctuary.
• Chang Er spotted Xian Junyu and asked the sweeper whether he knew about the Senior Disciple Brother.
• Xian Junyu praised himself extravagantly, then let Chang Er continue probing about why Xian Junyu had been imprisoned.

Xian Junyu lured Chang Er and Jin Guang away from Tongtian’s Daoist Sanctuary by hinting that he had witnessed what happened to Senior Disciple Brother. At Chang Er’s cave abode, he kept delaying the explanation by asking for tea and food, leaving them still waiting to hear the story.

• Xian Junyu said he had personally witnessed what happened to Senior Disciple Brother, making Chang Er and Jin Guang eager to hear more.
• Xian Junyu hesitated to speak inside Tongtian’s Daoist Sanctuary, so Chang Er took him and Jin Guang to his cave abode.
• Xian Junyu hinted that he wanted refreshments, and Chang Er served him and Jin Guang rare Immortal Tea that could improve cultivation.
• After drinking the tea, Xian Junyu asked for food, and Chang Er brought out Shamu Fruit for them.
• Xian Junyu and Jin Guang praised the fruit’s flavor, while Xian Junyu still did not explain what he had witnessed.

Xian Junyu traded the story of Senior Disciple Brother Xian Junyu’s imprisonment for Immortal Tea from Chang Er. After learning that Xian Junyu was confined in Tongtian’s Artifact Refining Room, the sweeper returned to the Daoist Sanctuary, where Tongtian rebuked him for leaving.

• Xian Junyu hinted that he wanted Immortal Tea, so Chang Er gave him a packet and gave Jin Guang a smaller one.
• Xian Junyu explained that Senior Disciple Brother Xian Junyu had been imprisoned after studying the Jade Clarity Artifact Forging Technique during Tongtian’s lecture.
• Xian Junyu told Chang Er and Jin Guang that Senior Disciple Brother Xian Junyu was confined in Tongtian’s Artifact Refining Room.
• Xian Junyu left to return to the Daoist Sanctuary while Chang Er wondered how to contact Senior Disciple Brother Xian Junyu.
• Tongtian scolded Xian Junyu for leaving the Daoist Sanctuary, and Xian Junyu calmly argued that his brief tea visit should not count.

Tongtian summoned Xian Junyu to meet the other Saints and discuss the Heavenly Court’s ruler. While waiting outside Laozi’s sanctuary, Xian Junyu and Nan Ji discussed the court’s Fortune and how they might obtain a share.

• Tongtian told Xian Junyu to accompany him to Laozi’s sanctuary, where they would discuss the Heavenly Court at Hongjun’s request.
• Xuandu and Nan Ji greeted Tongtian and Xian Junyu at the entrance, then Tongtian went inside to meet Laozi and Yuanshi.
• Xian Junyu sat outside with Xuandu and Nan Ji and dismissed the appeal of becoming Heavenly Emperor.
• Nan Ji explained that he wanted a share of the Heavenly Court’s Fortune, while Xian Junyu privately resolved to pay closer attention to the opportunity.
• Xuandu and Nan Ji agreed to wait until the Heavenly Emperor was chosen before considering how to claim Fortune.

The Three Pure Ones decided to support Xian Junyu as Lord of the Heavenly Court, but he resisted because he feared Hongjun’s plans and did not want the responsibility. Yuanshi sent him away before he could refuse again, while the three prepared to depart for the Purple Heaven Palace.

• The Three Pure Ones summoned Xian Junyu and told him they had agreed to seize the position of Lord of the Heavenly Court.
• Tongtian announced that they intended to make Xian Junyu Lord of the Three Realms and secure benefits for the Three Teachings.
• Xian Junyu refused, fearing Hongjun and claiming he lacked the desire and ability to rule.
• Laozi tried to persuade Xian Junyu by promising the Three Teachings would handle the work and describing a carefree life in the Heavenly Court.
• Yuanshi cut off Xian Junyu’s next refusal, sent him out, and prepared to leave for the Purple Heaven Palace.

Tongtian returned from Purple Cloud Palace without securing the Heavenly Emperor position for Xian Junyu, and Hongjun appointed Haotian and Yaochi instead. Xian Junyu accepted the outcome, was released early from his punishment, and returned to his sanctuary, where a nearby disciple mistook him for a servant and suspected him of theft.

• Xian Junyu refused to tell Xuandu and Nan Ji why Tongtian had summoned him, then waited in the Artifact Refining Room for his master's return.
• At Purple Cloud Palace, the Three Pure Ones recommended Xian Junyu, but Hongjun appointed Haotian and Yaochi as Heavenly Emperor and Queen Mother.
• Tongtian told Xian Junyu the plan had failed and angrily insulted Haotian, while Xian Junyu said he did not care about the position.
• Tongtian ended Xian Junyu's three-hundred-year punishment early, and Xian Junyu returned to his sanctuary.
• A nearby Inner Sect Disciple recognized Xian Junyu as a supposed servant and suspected he had come to steal from the sanctuary.

Xian Junyu returned to his Jie Sect cave dwelling, where Lü Yue questioned his identity but accepted him after seeing his Xiantian Spiritual Treasure. After Lü Yue left to verify with Duobao, Xian Junyu cleaned the long-neglected dwelling and began planning Sect Rules.

• Lü Yue blocked Xian Junyu from entering the cave dwelling and questioned his claim to be the returning Senior Disciple Brother.
• Xian Junyu revealed his Late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation and summoned a purple Xiantian Spiritual Treasure to prove his identity.
• Lü Yue accepted Xian Junyu’s explanation but left to ask Duobao to confirm it.
• Xian Junyu entered his dusty cave dwelling, cleared away the dust and broken furniture, and began thinking about Sect Rules.

Xian Junyu discussed his proposed sect rules with Duobao and Lü Yue, insisting that the Jie Sect’s disciples must follow them for the sect’s future. He planned to ask Master Tongtian for approval and have Duobao and Jin Ling enforce the rules among the male and female immortals.

• Xian Junyu used Spatial Shift to meet Duobao and Lü Yue, who congratulated him on reaching Late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
• Xian Junyu reassured Lü Yue that rumors portraying him as a reckless madman were unfounded, and Duobao angrily condemned the disciples who spread them.
• Xian Junyu showed Duobao rules restricting the disciples’ conduct, including a ban on eating raw flesh and drinking blood on Mount Kunlun.
• Duobao questioned whether Xian Junyu should impose rules when Master Tongtian allowed the disciples great freedom, but Xian Junyu insisted he would seek the Master's approval.
• Xian Junyu proposed that Duobao oversee the male immortals and Jin Ling oversee the female immortals, and Duobao agreed to take responsibility if Master Tongtian approved.