Recaps

Xian Junyu encountered Six-Eared Macaque, who sought his protection, healing, and a place among his disciples. Xian Junyu tested him by trapping him in a small world in his palm and demanding that he escape.

• After leaving Human Saint City, Xian Junyu paused to answer a request while Taishang Laozi and the other Saints continued to Shouyang Mountain.
• Six-Eared Macaque begged Xian Junyu to heal his injuries and accept him as a disciple, explaining that he wanted to join Xian Junyu rather than Saint Shangqing.
• Six-Eared said he had predicted a favorable future and chose Xian Junyu because the Immortal Saint did not fear Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• Xian Junyu warned Six-Eared that he could kill him, then trapped him inside a small world in his palm.
• Xian Junyu challenged Six-Eared to fly out of his palm, promising to grant his request if he succeeded and threatening to reduce him to dust if he failed.

Xian Junyu tested the Six-Eared Macaque, then promised to accept him as a disciple if he reached Penglai by taking one step and one kowtow at a time. After leaving him to begin the journey, Xian Junyu traveled to Shouyang Mountain, where Xuandu and the Golden and Silver Boys welcomed him.

• Xian Junyu frightened the Six-Eared Macaque into kneeling, then advised him to stay restrained until he was strong enough.
• Xian Junyu told the Six-Eared Macaque to walk toward Penglai with one step and one kowtow at a time, promising to accept him if he persisted.
• The Six-Eared Macaque vowed to continue to Penglai, and Xian Junyu departed after hearing him.
• Xian Junyu briefly considered gathering the Four Spirit Monkeys, then abandoned the idea and flew to Shouyang Mountain.
• Xuandu and the Golden and Silver Boys greeted Xian Junyu at the Eight Sceneries Palace and said their master was waiting inside.

Xian Junyu and the Saints were summoned to the Purple Firmament Palace, where Hongjun announced that a new Tribulation was imminent. He blamed its cause on the Twelve Golden Immortals’ massacre of Human Race members at the Changliu Battlefield, leaving the Saints to face the accusation.

• Laozi began to expound the Dao at the Eight Sceneries Palace, but Hongjun summoned the Six Saints and Xian Junyu to the Purple Firmament Palace.
• Tongtian asked Xian Junyu why Hongjun had called them, and Xian Junyu said he expected trouble rather than benefits.
• Hongjun welcomed the group and explained that calamity energy had nearly reached its peak and a new Tribulation was about to descend.
• Nuwa asked what had caused the Tribulation, and Hongjun said it began when Yuanshi’s Twelve Golden Immortals slaughtered Human Race members at the Changliu Battlefield.

At the Saints’ meeting, Hongjun announced that the Tribulation would fill the Investiture of the Gods with 365 Orthodox Deities, and the other Saints refused to provide their disciples. Xian Junyu agreed that the Interception Sect would take part, but warned that anyone who provoked it would die rather than be listed.

• Hongjun declared that the Tribulation could not be resisted and that those who perished would enter the Investiture of the Gods to serve the Heavenly Court.
• The Two Saints of the West, Nuwa, Laozi, and Yuanshi each refused to contribute disciples, with Yuanshi urging those with more disciples to help.
• Tongtian grew angry at Yuanshi’s implication that the Interception Sect should provide candidates, but Xian Junyu signaled him to wait.
• Hongjun asked Tongtian and Xian Junyu to state the Interception Sect’s position, and Xian Junyu told him to do as he pleased.
• When Hongjun asked whether the Interception Sect would gather the 365 Righteous Gods, Xian Junyu agreed and threatened anyone who tried to provoke his sect.

Hongjun demanded that the Heavenly Dao Saints contribute people to fill the Investiture of the Gods, and the saints began negotiating how many to provide. The debate ended with Yuanshi insisting that Tongtian’s Interception Sect fill the remaining positions, prompting Tongtian to angrily blame the Chan Sect for causing the tribulation.

• Hongjun declared that every faction had to contribute people to the Investiture of the Gods, and Laozi offered his Good Corpse to serve in Haotian’s Heavenly Court instead of risking his disciple Xuandu.
• Yuanshi offered twelve members of the Chan Sect, while Nuwa offered Lingzhuzi for a post in the Heavenly Court.
• Zhunti and his fellow Western saint claimed the Western Lands were too barren to contribute anyone, prompting Tongtian to demand that they provide a hundred people first.
• Yuanshi told Tongtian to have the Interception Sect fill the remaining positions because it had many followers.
• Tongtian rose in anger and accused Yuanshi’s Chan Sect of causing the tribulation, demanding that it solve the problem itself.

Tongtian and Yuanshi argued over who should fill the Investiture of the Gods, while Xian Junyu stopped the Western Saints from interfering. Back on Golden Ao Island, Xian Junyu warned Tongtian that the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun were targeting the Interception Sect and might be trying to limit the Three Pure Ones, but Tongtian doubted they could surpass the Saint Realm Ninth Heaven.

• Yuanshi demanded that Tongtian send disciples to fill the Investiture of the Gods, and the two brothers nearly fought until Hongjun intervened.
• Zhunti and Jieyin sided with Yuanshi, but Xian Junyu confronted them with his treasures and made them retreat.
• Hongjun declared that Heaven's will would decide the remaining vacancies, and Tongtian left the Purple Cloud Palace with Xian Junyu.
• After Tongtian and Xian Junyu departed, Hongjun gave Yuanshi the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Beating Whip.
• Back on Golden Ao Island, Xian Junyu told Tongtian that the tribulation targeted the Interception Sect and could be meant to weaken the Three Pure Ones.
• Tongtian said the Three Pure Ones were bound beneath the Heavenly Dao, but Xian Junyu urged him to believe he could surpass the Saint Realm Ninth Heaven.

After visiting Tongtian on Golden Ao Island, Xian Junyu returned to Penglai and told Yun Xiao that the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation would target the Interception Sect. He remained confident and began planning how to use the tribulation to settle old debts, while the Human Dao and Earth Dao warned their Saints not to interfere recklessly.

• Tongtian told Xian Junyu that the Interception Sect would bear the brunt of the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and asked him to protect its disciples; Xian Junyu agreed.
• Tongtian ordered the Interception Sect members to enter secluded cultivation and forbade them from traveling through the Primordial.
• Xian Junyu returned to Penglai, where Yun Xiao and the others welcomed him, then told Yun Xiao about the scheme against the Interception Sect.
• Xian Junyu reassured Yun Xiao and considered using the tribulation to repay old debts to the Twelve Golden Immortals of Kunlun, Western Religion, and others.
• Xian Junyu told Yuan Ling and Yun Guang to welcome the Six-Eared Macaque when he arrived.
• The Human Dao and Earth Dao summoned their Saints and warned them not to interfere recklessly in the coming tribulation.

Xian Junyu relayed Shangqing’s order for Interception Sect disciples to enter seclusion and avoid traveling through the Primordial, prompting confusion across Penglai’s Three Immortal Islands. Luoling and Yuan Di were summoned to the Saint’s Dojo, leaving the reason for their summons unknown.

• The Water-Fire Daoist Children delivered Shangqing’s order to Xian Junyu, who agreed to pass it on and said he could decide his own actions.
• Xian Junyu announced that Interception Sect disciples must enter seclusion, and Yun Xiao refused to tell her younger sisters why the order had been given.
• Yuan Di reassured the demons on Yingzhou Island that Shangqing’s order did not apply to them because they were not Interception Sect disciples.
• Luoling complained about being confined to Fangzhang Island, while Xifeng warned her not to disrespect Shangqing.
• Xian Junyu summoned Luoling and Yuan Di to the main hall, and they went there.

Xian Junyu warned Yuan Di and Luoling that the Tribulation was near and forbade them from leaving. After Yuan Di reported the Dragon Clan’s unusual behavior, Xian Junyu deduced that the Three Innate Races were showing signs of rising again and went to investigate the Dragon Palace.

• Xian Junyu explained to Yuan Di and Luoling that the Tribulation was approaching and warned that even Saints could perish.
• Yuan Di told Xian Junyu that the Dragon Clan’s attitude had recently changed, based on reports from his people traveling through the Primordial World.
• Xian Junyu deduced that the Three Innate Races were showing signs of rising and ordered Yuan Di not to provoke them.
• Xian Junyu left Penglai for the East Sea, unable to deduce what external force might be behind the Three Innate Races’ resurgence.
• Xian Junyu arrived at the East Sea Crystal Dragon Palace and found nothing unusual among the Dragon Clan, leaving him puzzled about their supposed rise.

Xian Junyu investigated the Dragon Clan and discovered through Ao Guang’s memories that Ling Quan was secretly backing them. After Xian Junyu erased Ao Guang’s memories of the discovery, Ling Quan inspected Ao Guang himself and was struck by a golden light from his mind.

• Xian Junyu entered the Dragon Palace, where Ao Guang greeted him and offered him the Dragon King’s seat and a feast.
• Xian Junyu questioned Ao Guang about the Dragon Clan’s fortunes and ambitions, then trapped him with the Time Law and probed his memories.
• Xian Junyu learned that Ling Quan was supporting the Dragon Clan and erased Ao Guang’s memories of the secret being exposed.
• Ao Guang reported Xian Junyu’s visit to Ling Quan, who suspected that Ao Guang had withheld something and began examining his memories.
• A golden light shot from Ao Guang’s mind and pierced Ling Quan’s chest, but Ling Quan quickly healed himself.

Ling Quan learned that Xian Junyu had uncovered his scheme, while Xian Junyu accepted the Six-Eared Macaque as his disciple and healed him, raising his cultivation to the Great Luo Realm. As the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation and Cangxu’s threat loomed, Xian Junyu waited for the World Tree to complete, and Yun Xiao joined him for tea.

• Ling Quan told Ao Guang that Xian Junyu had investigated and altered Ao Guang’s memories, and vowed to retaliate for being discovered.
• Zi Fu asked Cangxu where the Demon Emperor had gone, and Cangxu said he had sent him on a mission and would return after some time.
• Xian Junyu summoned the Six-Eared Macaque, accepted him as his third disciple in the Interception Sect, and healed his hidden injuries.
• The Six-Eared Macaque’s cultivation surged past the Taiyi Realm into the Great Luo Realm, and Yuan Ling escorted him to settle in on Penglai Island.
• Xian Junyu reflected that he was waiting for the World Tree to complete so he could pursue the Great Dao Realm.
• The next day, Yun Xiao sat across from Xian Junyu in the pavilion and asked whether he had finished his work.

Xian Junyu told Yun Xiao he had taken in Six-Eared Macaque on a whim and dismissed her concerns about Hongjun. After a year together, Yun Xiao left wearing the Supreme Purple Cloud Robe and promised Xian Junyu a surprise, while he emerged to take Yuan Ling and Yun Guang around the island.

• Yun Xiao asked why Xian Junyu had taken in Six-Eared Macaque, and he said it was to relieve his boredom.
• Yun Xiao warned that Hongjun had forbidden the Dao from being passed to Six-Eared, but Xian Junyu dismissed the threat and challenged Hongjun to fight.
• Yun Xiao visited Xian Junyu, and he took her to his room to show her an immortal robe; Yuan Ling and Yun Guang guarded the door for a year.
• Yun Xiao grew tired and asked to stop, so she and Xian Junyu put on their robes, and she praised the Supreme Purple Cloud Robe.
• Yun Xiao left after promising Xian Junyu a surprise in a few days, and Xian Junyu came out to take Yuan Ling and Yun Guang around the island.

Xian Junyu punished Yuan Ling and Yun Guang, then rewarded them with wisps of Earth Law and Light Law to help them break through the Great Luo Realm. After they left to cultivate, Yao Ji and Longji joined him and asked about his troubles.

• Xian Junyu used their right-foot first steps as an excuse to give Yuan Ling and Yun Guang two hundred slaps each, and Yuan Ling explained that Yun Guang had spoiled his good deed.
• Xian Junyu praised the pair for caring for the Enlightenment Tea Tree and offered them a reward.
• Xian Junyu gave Yuan Ling a wisp of Earth Law and Yun Guang a wisp of Light Law, explaining that the Laws could help them advance beyond the Great Luo Realm.
• Yuan Ling and Yun Guang thanked Xian Junyu and left to focus on cultivation.
• Yao Ji and Longji arrived, sat with Xian Junyu, and asked him to share his troubles.

Xian Junyu hosted Yao Ji and Longji before Saint Mother Jin Ling arrived with her disciple, Wen Zhong. Jin Ling asked Xian Junyu to investigate why Wen Zhong’s cultivation had stalled at the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm.

• Yao Ji brought Longji to cultivate beneath the Enlightenment Tea Tree, and Xian Junyu told Longji that she could one day reach the Saint Realm.
• Xian Junyu sent Yao Ji and Longji to cultivate without explaining what he knew about Longji’s future.
• Saint Mother Jin Ling arrived at Xian Junyu’s Daoist Sanctuary, followed by Wen Zhong, who paid his respects to First Senior Uncle.
• Xian Junyu rebuked Jin Ling for leaving despite receiving Master's decree, but she argued that she had come directly to visit him.
• Jin Ling explained that Wen Zhong’s cultivation had stopped advancing after he reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm and asked Xian Junyu to examine him.

Wen Zhong learned that his stalled cultivation was caused by an approaching Destiny Tribulation and chose to enter it despite Jin Ling’s concern. Xian Junyu directed him toward the Human Race and gave him a token to summon help, while Jin Ling warned him that encountering “Jue” meant certain death.

• Xian Junyu explained that Wen Zhong’s cultivation had stalled because his Destiny Tribulation was approaching, and that he had to enter it to overcome it.
• Jin Ling advised Wen Zhong not to risk the tribulation, while Xian Junyu urged him to go and promised to protect him.
• Wen Zhong chose to enter the tribulation, and Jin Ling agreed after Xian Junyu assured her he would help.
• Jin Ling warned Wen Zhong never to encounter the word “Jue,” because doing so would kill him.
• Xian Junyu told Wen Zhong to head toward the Human Race and gave him a token to summon help if he faced danger.

After Yun Xiao offered Bi Xiao and Qiong Xiao as additional wives for Xian Junyu, he declined and spent a century meditating. The Three Innate Races then emerged from hiding and joined forces, prompting Hongjun to warn Xian Junyu that they were coming for him.

• Yun Xiao presented Bi Xiao and Qiong Xiao to Xian Junyu as a surprise and proposed that he accept them as wives.
• Bi Xiao and Qiong Xiao declared that they were willing, but Xian Junyu sent the three sisters away to cultivate and postponed the matter.
• Xian Junyu meditated for a hundred years while the Three Innate Races prepared to move.
• The Three Innate Races emerged from hiding and began forming an alliance, confusing and surprising observers across the Primordial.
• Hongjun confronted Xian Junyu about the races’ movements and warned him to deal with them properly.

Xian Junyu confronted Hongjun over his interference in the matter of the Three Innate Races, and the Heavenly Dao took control of Hongjun and removed him. Tongtian then arrived at the Daoist Sanctuary and asked Xian Junyu to explain why the Three Innate Races were coming for him.

• Xian Junyu and Hongjun clashed at the Daoist Sanctuary, each revealing peak Saint Realm Seventh Heaven cultivation.
• The Heavenly Dao seized control of Hongjun and took him away, while Xian Junyu mocked him as a little maggot.
• Xian Junyu restored the damaged Daoist Sanctuary, and Tongtian arrived to meet his disciples.
• Tongtian sent Yun Xiao and the others away, then asked Xian Junyu what had happened with Hongjun.
• Tongtian revealed that his divination showed the Three Innate Races were coming for Xian Junyu and asked him what was going on.

Xian Junyu told Tongtian that a hidden monster had incited the Three Innate Races, and he planned to draw it out and deal with it. Ten years later, the Water Clan surrounded the Three Immortal Islands, while Xian Junyu refused offers of reinforcements and prepared to face the attack alone.

• Xian Junyu explained that the monster who had attacked Jie Sect Disciples was behind the Three Innate Races’ actions, and Tongtian entrusted him with handling the threat.
• Tongtian told Xian Junyu to kill the monster and spare members of the Three Innate Races who deserved mercy before leaving.
• Ten years later, the Water Clan surrounded the Three Immortal Islands with its forces, drawing the attention of immortals and the Heavenly Court.
• Duobao and the Jie Sect Disciples asked Tongtian to let them help Xian Junyu, but Tongtian insisted his disciple could handle the battle alone.
• Yun Xiao and Bi Xiao urged Xian Junyu to seek reinforcements, but he said the enemy’s numbers were no match for his strength.

The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans arrived at the Three Immortal Islands and taunted Xian Junyu, while Yuan Di, Luoling, and San Xiao wanted to fight them. Xian Junyu revealed that a hidden Saint was backing the Three Races, and Yuan Di abandoned his plans to charge out.

• Ao Guang demanded that Xian Junyu surrender and hand over his secret method for attaining sainthood as the Three Innate Races brought their army to the islands.
• The four Dragon Kings mocked Xian Junyu from beyond the protective formation, and Yuan Di and Luoling tried to rush out to punish them.
• Xian Junyu restrained Yuan Di and Luoling, while San Xiao argued with Goddess Yao Ji over whether to attack the forces outside.
• Yun Xiao intervened in the dispute, and Xian Junyu explained that a hidden figure with strength no weaker than a Saint was waiting for an opportunity to strike.
• After Xian Junyu released them, Yuan Di backed down from fighting, and Luoling regarded him with disdain.

Xian Junyu faced the invading Three Races after Demon Emperor Ling Quan secretly shattered Penglai’s protective formation. He challenged the absent leaders and mocked the weakened Qilin Clan, leaving Fire Qilin seething as the armies gathered on the islands.

• Luoling backed down after Xian Junyu warned that her newly advanced Saint Realm father could not withstand a top Saint Realm expert.
• Demon Emperor Ling Quan secretly struck the Three Immortal Islands’ formation with demonic power, breaking it and allowing the Three Races’ armies to land.
• Xian Junyu approached the shore on the World Purifying White Lotus and ordered his followers to watch without interfering.
• Xian Junyu called for Ying Long, Kong Xuan, and Si Bu Xiang, but Fire Qilin stepped forward and revealed that the Three leaders were absent.
• Xian Junyu mocked the Qilin Clan’s decline, angering Fire Qilin and drawing contemptuous looks from the other races.

Xian Junyu defended Penglai Immortal Island from the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans, annihilating tens of millions and capturing their Great Luo leaders with the Chaos Bell. He gave the remaining armies three counts to withdraw, but the clans stayed put, leaving the San Xiao to wonder whether their resolve was courage or foolishness.

• Xian Junyu mocked the five Qilin and struck down tens of millions of attackers with a casual sweep of Immortal Power.
• Ao Guang urged the allied clans forward, and billions of troops charged Penglai Island.
• Xian Junyu summoned the Chaos Bell and captured the Great Luo experts from the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans.
• Some affiliated minor clans fled, while the main armies debated retreating but remained in place.
• Xian Junyu counted to three, and none of the three clans withdrew.
• Yun Xiao and the other San Xiao called the clans stubborn and foolish for attacking Penglai.

Ling Quan corrupted the Three Innate Races and attacked Xian Junyu, but Xian Junyu revealed his overwhelming Saint Realm power and subdued him. Ling Quan recognized Xian Junyu's mastery of the Law of Space as he was bound and left unable to move.

• Ling Quan infused the soldiers of the three races with demonic energy, turning them into mindless fighters whom Xian Junyu effortlessly sent flying.
• Ling Quan transformed into a black crow and attacked when Xian Junyu appeared to focus on immobilizing the Three Innate Races, but Xian Junyu blocked the strike with one hand.
• Ling Quan revealed his true form and claimed he could match Xian Junyu, while Primordial experts condemned the Three Races for allying with the Demon Race.
• Xian Junyu asked Ling Quan about his connection to the Heavenly Demon Cangxu, but Ling Quan attacked with the Great Void Demonic Claw.
• Xian Junyu erased Ling Quan's demonic hand with spatial compression, then bound him with the Law of Space, leaving Ling Quan unable to move.

Xian Junyu overwhelmed Ling Quan, dragged him into the Myriad Phenomena Realm, and stripped away his demonic power and body while demanding to know his relationship with Cangxu. Cangxu realized Ling Quan was trapped and opened a passage into the realm as Xian Junyu confronted the defiant Ling Quan again.

• Xian Junyu held back as Ling Quan attacked him at full strength for an hour, leaving Ling Quan exhausted and unable to land a blow.
• Ling Quan identified himself as the Demon Emperor of the Demon Race, and Xian Junyu pulled him into the Myriad Phenomena Realm.
• Ling Quan tried to flee and destroy the realm, but his demonic power vanished, and Xian Junyu declared himself its true god.
• Xian Junyu made Ling Quan's left hand and then nearly all of his body disappear, leaving only his living head.
• Cangxu sensed that his connection to Ling Quan had been severed, guessed that Xian Junyu had trapped him, and opened a passage into the Myriad Phenomena Realm.
• Xian Junyu asked Ling Quan about his relationship with Cangxu, but Ling Quan spat at him and refused to answer.

Cangxu rescued Ling Quan from Xian Junyu, then confined him after scolding him for failing his mission. Back at Penglai, Xian Junyu punished the leaders and members of the Three Innate Races with Eternal Prison, extracting something from their bodies and storing it in a golden sphere.

• Cangxu pulled Ling Quan out of the Myriad Phenomena Realm and threatened Xian Junyu before withdrawing.
• Cangxu struck Ling Quan for disregarding his orders, but spared him after Zi Fu pleaded and ordered him to confinement.
• Xian Junyu returned to Penglai and released the leaders of the three races from the Chaos Bell.
• Xian Junyu rejected Ao Guang's plea for mercy and used Eternal Prison on the leaders and members of the Three Innate Races.
• Xian Junyu gathered the extracted golden lights into a sphere and stored it away, leaving the victims weak and confused.

Xian Junyu punished the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans for trying to seize his Sage-making secret by stripping their bloodline power and cutting off their paths to immortality. As he prepared to face the coming Investiture of the Gods tribulation, Ying Long and Kong Xuan arrived to apologize, but Xian Junyu rejected Ying Long’s attempt to blame the Demon Race and listened as Kong Xuan began to speak.

• Xian Junyu expelled the Three Innate Races and told Luoling they had to bear the consequences of their actions.
• Tongtian warned Xian Junyu about the karmic burden and asked how he would prepare for the Investiture of the Gods tribulation; Xian Junyu said he planned to go to the Lower Realm.
• Xian Junyu told Yun Xiao he would leave Penglai in her care and predicted that leaders of the Three Innate Races would come to see him.
• Ying Long and Kong Xuan arrived at Penglai and apologized, but Xian Junyu noted they had come empty-handed and said he had already received compensation.
• Ying Long blamed the Demon Race and Demon Emperor Ling Quan for the attack, but Xian Junyu said the Dragon Clan had acted willingly and rejected his excuse.
• Kong Xuan began to speak, but Xian Junyu raised his hand to stop him.