Recaps

Xian Junyu fought Laozi to defend his disciples, but Hongjun arrived and turned against him, offering him a choice between the Saint Slaying Pill and death. Xian Junyu rejected the pill and was struck down by Hongjun, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Laozi destroyed the colossal meteor, then clashed with Xian Junyu, but neither could force the other back.
• The Heavenly Dao awakened Hongjun, who realized Xian Junyu had become a powerful, unpredictable threat and went to the battlefield.
• Hongjun interrupted the fight and accused Xian Junyu of sharing responsibility for Luofeng's actions.
• Xian Junyu crushed the bodies of the thirteen imprisoned Chan Sect Immortals, and Hongjun ordered Laozi to withdraw.
• Hongjun offered Xian Junyu the Saint Slaying Pill or death; Xian Junyu refused, and Hongjun struck him with a palm that sent him crashing into the ground.

Xian Junyu released Luohu to confront Hongjun, then faced Nuwa and Laozi as they tried to stop him. The chapter left the argument unresolved when an unseen speaker challenged Laozi for siding with outsiders against one of his own.

• Xian Junyu freed Luohu, who absorbed his demonic energy and broke through to Saint Realm Eighth Heaven.
• Xian Junyu brought Luohu out of the Myriad Phenomena Realm, and Luohu attacked Hongjun with the God Killing Spear.
• Hongjun and Luohu fought beyond the Outer Domain, leaving Laozi behind.
• Nuwa arrived and ordered Xian Junyu to stop, while Laozi urged him to return with his Martial Uncle.
• An unseen speaker accused Laozi of joining outsiders to bully one of his own.

Xian Junyu imprisoned the Three Pure Ones in the Myriad Phenomena Realm to keep them from being forced into the conflict with Hongjun. Inside the realm, he thanked them and summoned Saint Realm Fallen Soul Corpses to watch over them, leaving the confrontation outside unresolved.

• Tongtian arrived to support Xian Junyu, rejected Laozi's call to plead with Hongjun, and declared that he and his disciple feared no one.
• Yuanshi refused to help Laozi deal with Xian Junyu and agreed with Tongtian that Hongjun should not rule Father God's world.
• Nuwa left as the Three Pure Ones argued, and Xian Junyu opened the Myriad Phenomena Realm to imprison Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian.
• Tongtian tried and failed to break through the realm's barriers, then reached for Xian Junyu's consciousness body when it appeared.
• Xian Junyu asked the Three Pure Ones to stay in his inner world and summoned Saint Realm Fallen Soul Corpses to watch over them, astonishing the three brothers.

Xian Junyu revealed a group of Saint Realm physical clones and left the Three Pure Ones behind to confront Hongjun himself. He joined Luohu in battle, but Hongjun raised his cultivation to the middle stage of Saint Realm Ninth Heaven and sent them flying.

• Xian Junyu showed the Three Pure Ones his Saint Realm physical clones, refused Tongtian's request to free them, and left the Myriad Phenomena Realm.
• Nuwa stepped aside as Xian Junyu flew toward the chaos, then returned to Wa Huang Palace.
• Hongjun suppressed Luohu and taunted him as their battle shook the chaotic space.
• Xian Junyu arrived and struck Hongjun alongside Luohu, whose God Killing Spear joined Xian Junyu's spear against the Jade Disk of Creation.
• Hongjun raised his cultivation to the middle stage of Saint Realm Ninth Heaven and sent Xian Junyu and Luohu flying.
• Xian Junyu rejected Hongjun's claim over him, and Luohu warned him to retreat if the fight turned against them.

Xian Junyu and Luohu fought Hongjun, whose Destruction Law fatally wounded Luohu and forced him to slumber. Left to face Hongjun alone, Xian Junyu released the Fallen Soul Corpses, while Reincarnation prepared to join him in the chaotic space despite Houtu and Minghe warning him against it.

• Xian Junyu and Luohu combined their powers to block Hongjun's attack, but Hongjun wounded Luohu with the Law of Destruction.
• Luohu threw Xian Junyu clear of the attack, then disintegrated into the chaotic space and entered slumber.
• Hongjun urged Xian Junyu to surrender, but Xian Junyu opened the Myriad Phenomena Realm and released the Fallen Soul Corpses.
• Reincarnation answered his main body's summons and prepared to leave the Underworld Mansion to fight Hongjun.
• Minghe and Houtu tried to stop Reincarnation, and Reincarnation asked whether Houtu spoke for herself or the Earthly Dao.

Reincarnation defied Houtu’s attempt to keep him out of the battle, and the Earthly Dao manifestation of Pingxin allowed him to go. In the chaotic space, he revealed himself as Xian Junyu and joined his Fallen Soul Corpses in attacking Hongjun, who broke free and began charging toward the Saint Realm peak.

• Reincarnation resisted Houtu’s suppression by revealing his Saint Realm Eighth Heaven cultivation and insisted he would join the battle.
• Pingxin manifested as the Earthly Dao, approved Reincarnation’s participation, and promised to protect him if he faced danger.
• Reincarnation left the Underworld Mansion, while Pingxin warned Minghe not to question matters involving the Ghost Emperor.
• Hongjun saw the Fallen Soul Corpses’ Saint Realm Eighth Heaven cultivation and questioned why an Earthly Dao Saint had arrived.
• Reincarnation revealed his Xian Junyu aura and ordered the Fallen Soul Corpses to bind Hongjun with their laws.
• Hongjun broke free of the chains, raised his cultivation toward the Saint Realm peak, and threatened to kill Xian Junyu.

After Hongjun’s power was suppressed, the Heavenly Dao confronted Xian Junyu and proposed terms to end their conflict. The Earthly Dao departed with Reincarnation, leaving Xian Junyu to decide whether to accept the Heavenly Dao’s restrictions.

• A spatial vortex dragged Hongjun’s cultivation down from the peak of the Saint Realm, and the Heavenly Dao took control of him.
• The Heavenly Dao questioned how Xian Junyu had become a saint, then proposed ending the conflict and demanded that Xian Junyu repair the damaged spaces.
• The Heavenly Dao added that Xian Junyu and his people must stay on the Three Immortal Islands of Penglai for thirty myriads of epochs and refrain from interfering in the Primordial World.
• Reincarnation challenged the Heavenly Dao, but the Earthly Dao revealed she had come only to protect her Earthly Saint Reincarnation and left with him.
• The Heavenly Dao told Xian Junyu to accept the conditions or lose any place in the Primordial World, and waited for his answer.

Xian Junyu accepted Heaven's Dao's terms and returned to Penglai, where the Four Saints repaired the shattered spaces of the Primordial World. Bound to the Three Immortal Islands for thirty epochs, he discussed the restriction with Tongtian while the approaching Investiture of the Gods Tribulation made waiting impossible.

• Xian Junyu swore a Great Dao Oath agreeing to Heaven's Dao's conditions, and the Demonic Law's Fallen Soul Corpse secretly escaped.
• Xian Junyu hurled the Heaven Descending Divine Spear at Mount Sumeru, destroying it and killing countless disciples before Jieyin and Zhunti cursed him.
• Xian Junyu returned to Penglai, released the Three Pure Ones, and asked them to help repair the shattered spaces of the Primordial World.
• The Four Saints repaired the spaces, and Heaven's Dao placed a barrier around the Three Immortal Islands to keep Xian Junyu from traveling for thirty epochs.
• Xian Junyu told Tongtian about his deal with Heaven's Dao, and Tongtian advised him to use the time to build his strength.
• Xian Junyu told Tongtian he would defend the Interception Sect from Penglai, though the coming Investiture of the Gods Tribulation meant he could not wait thirty epochs.

Xian Junyu revived Luofeng’s shattered soul, allowing Luoling to see her father again, but Luofeng remained too fragile to touch or inhabit a body. Tongtian demanded a solution from Xian Junyu, who fell silent as the others waited.

• Xian Junyu gathered Luofeng’s shattered soul with the Soul Lantern and awakened him with immortal light.
• Luoling rushed to reunite with Luofeng, but Xian Junyu stopped her from touching him, and Tongtian explained that even her cultivation could harm his fragile soul.
• Luofeng admitted his mistake to Xian Junyu, who berated him for disrupting plans spanning dozens of epochs.
• Xian Junyu pretended to threaten Luofeng, and the Penglai immortals stepped forward to protect him before Tongtian ordered them to move aside and demanded a solution.
• Yun Xiao suggested that Xian Junyu create a body for Luofeng, but Tongtian warned that the impact would destroy his fragile soul.

Xian Junyu offered Luofeng soul repair through a long wait or rebirth, and Luofeng chose reincarnation while insisting he wanted to remain human. Reincarnation agreed to arrange it, and Tongtian approved offering Houtu benefits to secure Luofeng’s rebirth into the Human Path.

• Xian Junyu offered Luofeng a secret technique that would take at least a hundred Yuanhui or rebirth through the Earthly Dao to repair his soul.
• Luofeng chose reincarnation after Xian Junyu explained that his memories could be sealed and restored as he cultivated.
• Luofeng insisted on being reborn into the Human Race, but Tongtian persuaded him to set that demand aside until his soul was repaired.
• Xian Junyu contacted Reincarnation, who agreed to arrange Luofeng’s rebirth and said choosing the Human Path might require benefits for Houtu.
• Tongtian agreed to give Houtu reasonable benefits so Luofeng could be reborn into the Human Race.

Luofeng prepared to reincarnate while Tongtian warned Xian Junyu that his method of becoming a Saint could make him and the Interception Sect targets. In the chaos, the Demonic Law Fallen Soul Corpse declared independence as Heavenly Demon Cangxu and joined forces with Luohu to create the Demon Realm.

• Xian Junyu agreed to Reincarnation helping Houtu, then sealed Luofeng’s memories and sent him to reincarnate.
• Tongtian warned Xian Junyu that others might threaten those around him to learn his path to Sainthood, but Xian Junyu said he feared no one.
• The Demonic Law Fallen Soul Corpse revived Luohu in the chaotic space and revealed that he had separated from Xian Junyu.
• The Fallen Soul Corpse named himself Heavenly Demon Cangxu and proposed joining Luohu to create the Demon Realm and conquer the Primordial World.
• Cangxu displayed peak Saint Realm Eighth Heaven power, and Luohu accepted him as an ally despite suspecting he had ulterior motives.

After Yuanshi’s disciples returned to Kunlun, he warned them that Xian Junyu had become too powerful to challenge. Meanwhile, Haotian visited Penglai and offered the Heavenly Court’s support while openly asking about Xian Junyu’s secret technique for becoming a Saint.

• Yuanshi restored the bodies of Randeng and the other disciples, then reprimanded them for demanding revenge against Xian Junyu.
• Yuanshi told the disciples that Xian Junyu had reached the eighth heaven of the Saint Realm and warned them against joining forces to seize his technique.
• Cultivators from across the Primordial World arrived at Penglai, and Haotian later met with Xian Junyu and Tongtian.
• Haotian offered the Heavenly Court’s full support to Xian Junyu and admitted he hoped to trade for the secret technique to become a Saint.
• Xian Junyu questioned whether anything could equal the technique’s value, and Haotian fell silent.

Xian Junyu told Haotian and Tongtian that his path to Sainthood relied on complete laws and a secret method that let him bypass the Three Paths, while keeping the system hidden. As news spread, Lu Ya moved to challenge him, and the Two Saints of the West plotted to exploit the backlash; Tongtian asked Duobao whether he would accept Lu Ya’s invitation.

• Haotian left after Xian Junyu said his method of becoming a Saint could not be shared, and Tongtian questioned Xian Junyu about it afterward.
• Xian Junyu demonstrated his command of complete laws and told Tongtian that a secret method let him avoid entering Heaven’s, Earth’s, and Humanity’s Three Paths.
• The Heavenly Dao learned of Xian Junyu’s secret and considered the people he cared about a possible weakness; Tongtian later left Penglai for Jie Sect affairs.
• Lu Ya invited powerful figures to join him in pursuing Xian Junyu’s secret method, but they refused to challenge a Saint.
• Jieyin and Zhunti plotted to use Lu Ya’s challenge and its backlash against Xian Junyu, while Lu Ya’s invitations stirred the Primordial World.
• Duobao told Tongtian that Lu Ya had invited many Jie Sect members, including himself, and Tongtian asked whether Duobao would accept.

Tongtian tested Duobao’s loyalty and let Lu Ya’s invitations expose traitors in the Interception Sect, while Luoling reported the Demon Clan’s planned attack on Penglai. Xian Junyu dismissed the threat and confronted Yuan Di for taking Luoling outside, then told Yuan Di he could leave Penglai, leaving Yuan Di alarmed by what he meant.

• Tongtian tried to tempt Duobao with the Grand Freedom Technique, but Duobao refused to betray his Senior Disciple Brother.
• Tongtian told Duobao not to interfere with Lu Ya’s invitations, but Duobao misunderstood and warned the other disciples; some accepted the invitations, and Tongtian marked them for death.
• Luoling told Xian Junyu and Yun Xiao that Lu Ya was gathering a million troops to attack Penglai, but they were unconcerned.
• Xian Junyu questioned Luoling for leaving the island with Yuan Di, then pulled Yuan Di over and gave him a light beating.
• Xian Junyu told Yuan Di that since he liked going outside, he could leave Penglai, and Yuan Di realized the order was not what he had expected.

Xian Junyu punished Yuan Di for secretly visiting the mortal world by confining him to Yingzhou Island for a hundred years. After learning Yuan Di was worried about his demon descendants, Xian Junyu allowed them to come to Penglai under strict rules and assigned Yingzhou as their home.

• Yun Xiao pleaded with Xian Junyu to spare Yuan Di from being expelled and suggested confining him on Yingzhou Island for a hundred years.
• Xian Junyu accepted Yun Xiao’s proposal, and Yuan Di agreed to the punishment despite hesitating over something he had not yet explained.
• Xian Junyu revealed that Yuan Di’s hesitation came from concern for his demon descendants, which surprised Yun Xiao and Luoling.
• Xian Junyu allowed Yuan Di’s descendants to enter Penglai but warned they would have to obey its rules and face punishment for any offenses.
• Yuan Di eagerly accepted the conditions, and Xian Junyu assigned Yingzhou Island as his descendants’ residence and said he would bring them there himself.

Xian Junyu teleported Yuan Di’s hundreds of Ni Clan descendants to Penglai and entrusted Yun Xiao with keeping them in line. The next day, Saint Nuwa arrived, and Xian Junyu agreed to meet her and play chess.

• Xian Junyu used a formation to teleport every Ni Clan demon from Yuan Di’s territory to Penglai.
• Yuan Di rebuked his frightened descendants, who thanked Xian Junyu and Yun Xiao before Yuan Di led them to the Three Immortal Isles of Yingzhou.
• Xian Junyu and Yun Xiao decided that Yun Xiao would supervise the Ni Clan demons and teach them the Profound Methods if they behaved.
• Saint Nuwa arrived at Penglai, and Xian Junyu first refused to see her before changing his mind and inviting her in.
• Nuwa proposed a chess match, and Xian Junyu cleared the board and agreed.

Nuwa failed to persuade Xian Junyu to spare Lu Ya, while his fellow Interception Sect disciples gathered at Penglai. Lu Ya then led a million cultivators to surround the islands, and Xian Junyu waited calmly for them to attack the protective formation.

• Nuwa asked Xian Junyu to spare Lu Ya, but he refused and sent her away from Penglai.
• Duobao, Jin Ling, Wu Dang, Gui Ling, and Zhao Gongming visited Xian Junyu, who hosted them but declined to discuss Lu Ya.
• After ten days, Lu Ya led a million cultivators from the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains toward Penglai.
• Xian Junyu refused offers of assistance from the Heavenly Court and the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas.
• Lu Ya's army surrounded Penglai, and Zhao Gongming, the other disciples, Yang Jian and his siblings, and the Daoist Children asked to fight.
• Xian Junyu told them to wait for the attackers to break through the island-protecting formation.

Bai Ze broke Penglai Island’s protective formation, and the Interception Sect’s disciples fought back against the Demon Clan’s invasion. As hundreds of thousands of demons advanced on Xian Junyu’s Daoist Sanctuary, an invisible force immobilized them.

• Bai Ze killed a Golden Immortal demon general for reporting that the vanguard could not break Penglai’s formation, then rebuked Lu Ya and the other generals.
• Bai Ze transformed into his thousand-zhang true form and shattered the island-protecting formation with his demonic power.
• Xian Junyu let the Interception Sect’s second-generation disciples rush into battle while secretly immobilizing Yang Jian, his sister, and the Daoist Children.
• Zhao Gongming challenged Bai Ze, the Interception Sect’s disciples fought the demon forces, and Duobao confronted Lu Ya, who ordered the demons to attack him.
• Hundreds of thousands of demons surrounded the Daoist Sanctuary and charged toward Xian Junyu, but an invisible force immobilized them within a mile.

Xian Junyu lured Demon Emperor Lu Ya into Penglai’s force field and seized him after Lu Ya demanded the secret of becoming a Saint. Nuwa intervened to save Lu Ya, but Xian Junyu rejected her plea and asserted his dominance.

• Hundreds of thousands of demons failed to break Xian Junyu’s force field with spells, so Lu Ya sent their souls inside after realizing the barrier did not restrain them.
• Xian Junyu changed the force field to immobilize the demons, pulled Lu Ya’s soul into the main hall, and confronted him.
• Lu Ya accused Xian Junyu of hiding the Chaos Bell, then admitted he had come to seize the secret of becoming a Saint.
• Xian Junyu grabbed Lu Ya by the throat with Saint Power and threatened to crush him.
• Nuwa appeared and attacked Xian Junyu to save Lu Ya, but Xian Junyu blocked her with his aura and refused to spare him.

Xian Junyu destroyed hundreds of thousands of demons and scattered Lu Ya’s army, then spared Lu Ya after invoking his promise to someone. He left Lu Ya alive but warned that he would not show mercy again.

• Nuwa stepped aside after Xian Junyu threatened to fight her if she stood in his way.
• Xian Junyu summoned a Saint phantom that annihilated hundreds of thousands of demons and sect traitors, forcing Bai Ze and the surviving demons to flee.
• The Two Saints of the West departed, believing Xian Junyu would suffer major karma, but the karma dissipated without affecting him.
• Xian Junyu warned cultivators throughout the Primordial World not to scheme against him, then confronted the defeated Lu Ya.
• Nuwa appealed to Lu Ya’s status and the Primordial World’s karma, and Xian Junyu spared Lu Ya because he had promised someone, while declaring it would be the last time.

Xian Junyu ended the Demon Clan’s assault by invoking his old promise to Taiyi, then dealt with Duobao’s responsibility for Interception Sect disciples joining the invasion. After sparing Duobao from unfair blame, Xian Junyu taught the assembled disciples his Sacred Law for five hundred years.

• Xian Junyu revealed that Taiyi’s past favor had led him to protect Lu Ya and the Demon Clan, and Lu Ya agreed their karma was settled.
• Xian Junyu warned Lu Ya not to attack again and sent him away; Lu Ya led Bai Ze and the remaining demons out of Penglai, and Nuwa departed too.
• Xian Junyu questioned Duobao about Interception Sect disciples joining the Demon Clan’s army and ordered Yuan Ling to fetch the Thunderfire Gold-Raising Whip.
• Jin Ling explained that Saint Shangqing had ordered them not to interfere, and Xian Junyu told Duobao not to accept blame for others’ decisions.
• Xian Junyu lectured the disciples on the Myriad Manifestations Sacred Law for five hundred years, and they awakened and thanked him.

Xian Junyu received Master Shangqing’s notice that all Jie Sect Disciples had to attend a Preaching Assembly in half a year. Yang Jian, newly advanced to the Taiyi Realm, asked how he could save his mother, and Xian Junyu told him to reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm first.

• Water-Fire Daoist Children delivered Master Shangqing’s edict for a Preaching Assembly on Golden Ao Island in half a year, and Zhao Gongming accepted the summons.
• Zhao Gongming returned to Mount Luofu to prepare for the assembly while Yang Jian had advanced to the Taiyi Realm and Yang Chan remained at peak Golden Immortal.
• Yang Jian asked Xian Junyu to point him toward a way to save his mother, but Xian Junyu said the Interception Sect could not intervene and required him to reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm first.
• Xian Junyu assured Yang Jian that his mother, Yao Ji, was imprisoned and physically unharmed, and Yang Jian left resolved to cultivate until he reached the required realm.

During the Yellow Emperor’s era, Xian Junyu discovered that his Fallen Soul of the Demonic Dao had gone missing and traced him to a Middle Thousand World in the Chaos Space. He confronted the Fallen Soul, now Heavenly Demon Cangxu, in the Taixu Demon Realm, where Demon Kings rushed in as the confrontation began.

• Xian Junyu preached the Dao on Penglai as the Yellow Emperor’s era began and Houtu sent human-Witch hybrids led by Chiyou to compete with the Yellow Emperor’s Human Race.
• Shi Xian summoned Xian Junyu to the Myriad Phenomena Realm, where Xian Junyu realized the Fallen Soul of the Demonic Dao was missing.
• Xian Junyu searched the Primordial World, found no trace of the Fallen Soul, and used their shared origin to track him through the Chaos Space.
• Xian Junyu reached a level-six Middle Thousand World created by the Fallen Soul and entered its Demon Race main hall.
• Xian Junyu confronted Heavenly Demon Cangxu and demanded an explanation for his departure, while the Taixu Demon Realm’s Demon Kings stormed in.

Xian Junyu confronted his demonic Fallen Soul, Cangxu, who condemned his caution and revealed that he had surpassed him in cultivation. Xian Junyu recognized Cangxu as a serious threat but claimed he had backup plans to deal with him.

• Xian Junyu killed the Demon Kings with a flick of his fingers, while Cangxu ordered the other monsters to stay away from the main hall.
• Cangxu named himself the Great Freedom Formless Heavenly Demon and berated Xian Junyu for his hesitation and scruples.
• Xian Junyu tried to persuade Cangxu to cooperate by reminding him that they shared an origin and that their cultivation was tied to reaching the Great Dao Realm.
• Cangxu claimed the world was more complicated than Xian Junyu realized and unleashed an aura that revealed his cultivation had reached the peak of the Saint Realm Ninth Heaven.
• Cangxu threatened to replace Xian Junyu and absorb the other Fallen Souls, while Xian Junyu insisted he had ways to stop him.

Cangxu revealed that he had devoured Luohu and threatened to invade the Primordial World, forcing Xian Junyu to confront the danger awaiting everyone he cherished. After Cangxu shattered Xian Junyu’s consciousness, he argued with an invisible figure about keeping his options open.

• Cangxu dismissed Xian Junyu’s system and revealed that he had devoured Luohu, gaining Luohu’s immortal and indestructible nature.
• Xian Junyu attacked Cangxu with his consciousness’ Heaven-Slaying Spear, but Cangxu crushed it and restrained him with demonic energy.
• Cangxu showed Xian Junyu an illusion of the Primordial World in ruins and threatened to destroy Tongtian, Yun Xiao, and the Human Race.
• Xian Junyu vowed to defeat Cangxu, who promised to reveal a secret if Xian Junyu gathered all the Fallen Souls and won.
• Cangxu shattered Xian Junyu’s consciousness, then told an invisible black figure that he was keeping Xian Junyu as another option and would deal with the figure after their fateful battle.