Recaps

Kong Xuan begged Xian Junyu to spare the Phoenix Clan, and Xian Junyu offered to help find his younger brother in exchange for completing a task. Ying Long failed to persuade Xian Junyu to spare the Dragon Clan, but Yuanshi, the Venerable, arrived as his external aid and took Xian Junyu’s seat.

• Kong Xuan knelt before Xian Junyu and offered to obey his commands in exchange for sparing the Phoenix Clan.
• Xian Junyu revealed that Kong Xuan’s younger brother was in a Saint’s hands and promised to bring him back if Kong Xuan completed a task.
• Kong Xuan accepted Xian Junyu’s terms and moved aside, while Xian Junyu rejected Ying Long’s offer to serve him and spare the Dragon Clan.
• Ying Long waited for his external aid, and Yuanshi, the Venerable, arrived at the hall.
• Xian Junyu and Yun Xiao greeted Yuanshi, who dismissed their formalities and sat in Xian Junyu’s primary seat.

Xian Junyu agreed to spare the Dragon Clan after Yuanshi pleaded for them, but imposed a restriction through the Ancestral Dragon Pearl. He left Ying Long with a warning, and Yuanshi offered Xian Junyu a favor in return.

• Yuanshi asked Xian Junyu to spare the Dragon Clan, and Xian Junyu insisted they still had to face consequences.
• Xian Junyu agreed to leave the Dragon Clan a way to survive by using the Ancestral Dragon Pearl to select hosts based on talent.
• Ying Long accepted the pearl and thanked Xian Junyu, who refused his gifts and warned the Dragon Clan not to travel casually through the Primordial.
• Xian Junyu sent Ying Long away with the Law of Space, and Yuanshi offered to repay him for granting the Dragon Clan a reprieve.
• Xian Junyu told Yuanshi that he had never truly intended to destroy the Dragon Clan.

Xian Junyu explained why he spared Yuanshi while holding the Chan Sect’s disciples responsible, then reassured Kong Xuan about the Phoenix Clan. On Golden Ao Island, Tongtian rebuked Xian Junyu for showing Yuanshi deference, but Xian Junyu soothed him and vowed the Jie Sect would not share the fate of past factions.

• Yuanshi thanked Xian Junyu for sparing the Dragon Clan and promised to repay his favor before leaving Penglai.
• Kong Xuan questioned why Xian Junyu treated Yuanshi politely despite the Chan Sect’s role in Luofeng’s death, and Xian Junyu said he would settle the debt with the Chan Sect’s disciples.
• Xian Junyu promised Kong Xuan that the Phoenix Clan would be spared if Kong Xuan handled his affairs, and said Kong Xuan could accompany him into the Primordial.
• Xian Junyu took San Xiao to Golden Ao Island and told Tongtian that he had spared the Dragon Clan to give Yuanshi face.
• Tongtian scolded Xian Junyu for treating Yuanshi as family, but Xian Junyu praised their strength together and calmed his Master.
• Xian Junyu assured Tongtian that the Jie Sect would not meet the fate of past factions and warned that its enemies would suffer if the sect could not survive.

Xian Junyu prepared to leave Penglai in search of opportunities and took four companions to East Victory Divine Continent. He explained that the journey concerned Liu Er’s origins and a visit to Demon Emperor Lu Ya.

• Xian Junyu announced that he would travel the Primordial World and left the Three Immortal Islands under the Three Empresses’ care.
• Xian Junyu chose Kong Xuan, Yuan Di, and Liu Er to accompany him, then agreed to take Luoling after she threw a tantrum.
• Three days later, Yuan Di carried Xian Junyu, Kong Xuan, Liu Er, and Luoling east across the sea toward East Victory Divine Continent.
• Xian Junyu said they were traveling there because of Liu Er and to visit Demon Emperor Lu Ya.
• Kong Xuan identified Liu Er as a primordial being connected to the saying, “The Dharma shall not be transmitted to six ears,” and Xian Junyu confirmed that Liu Er had lived in Saint Shangqing’s era.

Xian Junyu revealed that Six Ears was one of the four primordial spirits of the Chaos Demon Ape and planned to reunite them so Six Ears could become a Saint. Six Ears learned he would retain control and pledged loyalty to his Master, while Luoling and Yuan Di were denied shortcuts to sainthood.

• Xian Junyu told Kong Xuan that the Chaos Demon Ape’s primordial spirit had been split into four and confirmed that Six Ears was one of them.
• Xian Junyu explained that he knew where the other three primordial spirits were and intended to merge them with Six Ears, making him the Chaos Demon Ape without erasing his consciousness.
• Six Ears worried that he would disappear, but Xian Junyu assured him he would control the reunited body.
• Six Ears thanked Xian Junyu for the chance to become a Saint and swore loyalty, while Xian Junyu warned him not to betray the sect.
• Luoling and Yuan Di asked for help becoming Saints, but Xian Junyu told them to cultivate and forbade them from seeking shortcuts.

Xian Junyu brought his disciples to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains to visit Demon Emperor Lu Ya, whose forces concealed their city with a formation. Lu Ya arrived to meet them after Bai Ze killed a gatekeeper who failed to recognize Yuan Di, and the chapter ended with Lu Ya turning his attention to Xian Junyu.

• Xian Junyu chose to take his group to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, and Yuan Di led them there.
• Xian Junyu revealed the buildings hidden by the mountain formation, opened a passage through it, and led the group inside.
• Demon soldiers mistook Yuan Di for a little demon until he transformed and declared himself the Demon Ancestor.
• Lu Ya arrived with Bai Ze, who killed a gatekeeping general for failing to recognize the visitors, then Lu Ya ordered the other soldiers back to their posts.
• Xian Junyu recognized Bai Ze's show of force as a signal that the Demon Clan did not welcome him, and Lu Ya turned to face him.

Xian Junyu visited the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and demanded that the Demon Clan stay neutral in the coming battle among Saints. Lu Ya refused to abandon Saint Nuwa, so Xian Junyu revised his offer, leaving the Demon Clan’s answer unresolved.

• Yuan Di fought Bai Ze and forced him back, demonstrating his strength to Lu Ya and the others.
• Xian Junyu subdued Lu Ya briefly, then explained that he had come to discuss a deal rather than cause trouble.
• Lu Ya led Xian Junyu and his companions to the council hall to discuss the coming conflict among Saints.
• Xian Junyu asked the Demon Clan to remain neutral during the battle among Saints, but Lu Ya refused to withhold support from Saint Nuwa.
• Xian Junyu revised the deal, asking the Demon Clan to remain neutral toward every Saint except Saint Nuwa.

Xian Junyu secured Lu Ya’s agreement to keep the Demon Clan neutral during the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation in exchange for the River Diagram and Luo Book, then traveled to Flower-Fruit Mountain to find its spiritual monkeys. As Xian Junyu’s group approached, the Arm-Connecting Ape Monkey sensed danger and fled, while Six-Eared detected two extraordinary presences nearby.

• Lu Ya agreed that the Demon Clan would remain neutral in exchange for Xian Junyu delivering the River Diagram and Luo Book.
• Xian Junyu told Luoling to deal with others amiably and set off with his group for Aolai Country’s Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• The Arm-Connecting Ape Monkey sensed an approaching danger, made an excuse to leave, and slipped away from Flower-Fruit Mountain.
• Xian Junyu noticed the Arm-Connecting Ape Monkey’s escape and asked Six-Eared what he could sense nearby.
• Six-Eared sensed two extraordinary presences in the direction of Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Xian Junyu captured Arm-Connecting Ape Monkey in his World in Palm and sent Six-Eared inside to fight him with their cultivation levels equalized. The two monkeys battled evenly, while Kong Xuan predicted Six-Eared’s greater knowledge and foundation would eventually give him the advantage.

• Xian Junyu recognized Arm-Connecting Ape Monkey near Flower-Fruit Mountain and revealed his origins and abilities.
• Arm-Connecting tried to flee by obscuring the group’s vision with starlight, but Xian Junyu trapped him inside a World in Palm.
• Xian Junyu asked Six-Eared to spar with Arm-Connecting and warned him that their cultivation would be equalized.
• Six-Eared entered the World in Palm and challenged Arm-Connecting, who attacked him after learning he could not escape.
• Six-Eared and Arm-Connecting fought without either gaining an advantage, and Kong Xuan said Six-Eared’s stronger foundation would likely decide the battle.

Xian Junyu captured the Arm-Connecting Ape Monkey to use his soul in resurrecting the Chaos Demon Ape, then entered Flower-Fruit Mountain with his companions. When he found no Water Curtain Cave behind the waterfall, he created one himself, leaving the story with Luoling and the others puzzled by his actions.

• Xian Junyu revealed his identity and told the Arm-Connecting Ape Monkey that he planned to use him to help resurrect the Chaos Demon Ape.
• The Arm-Connecting Ape Monkey refused to sacrifice himself and attacked Xian Junyu, who crushed his body and collected his soul.
• Xian Junyu led Luoling and the others into Flower-Fruit Mountain, where Luoling asked to establish her cave dwelling and Xian Junyu forbade it for another two hundred thousand years.
• Xian Junyu saw that nothing lay behind the waterfall, so he split it open, created the Water Curtain Cave, and inscribed its name and a description of Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Xian Junyu revealed that the immortal stone on Flower-Fruit Mountain contained the Lingming Stone Monkey's primordial spirit, then took nine-tenths of it for Six-Eared. He infused the remaining portion with Saint Power so Sun Wukong could still take form, leaving the future of the Lingming Stone Monkey uncertain.

• Xian Junyu teleported Luoling, Kong Xuan, Yuan Di, and Six-Eared to the immortal stone and warned them to keep its secrets.
• Xian Junyu explained that the stone was a fragment of one of Nuwa's five-colored divine stones, and Six-Eared recognized a Chaos Demon Ape primordial spirit within it.
• Xian Junyu identified the spirit as the Lingming Stone Monkey and accelerated its formation before taking nine-tenths of its primordial spirit and leaving one-tenth behind.
• Xian Junyu explained that nothing was perfect and advised his disciples to always leave themselves a way out.
• Xian Junyu infused the stone with Saint Power so the remaining primordial spirit could take form and roam the world.

Xian Junyu rescued Wuzhiqi, the last of the Four Chaos Monkeys, and combined the four monkeys’ primordial spirits in Six Ears to begin preparing him for sainthood. He then continued through Human Race territory, increasingly disappointed to find that most people neither cultivated the Dao nor lived long.

• After leaving Flower-Fruit Mountain, Xian Junyu told his companions that he had helped the stone for the sake of future amusement, then led them to Huaiyin Turtle Mountain.
• Xian Junyu explained that Wuzhiqi had been suppressed for disrupting Da Yu’s flood control after the Human Race cut off the water monkey’s means of survival, and criticized human desire.
• Xian Junyu split Huaiyin Mountain, destroyed Wuzhiqi’s body, and took his primordial spirit.
• Xian Junyu combined Wuzhiqi’s primordial spirit with those of the other three monkeys in Six Ears, then stored the sleeping Six Ears in the Myriad Phenomena Realm.
• Xian Junyu led his companions on foot through Human Race territory and grew more displeased as he saw few cultivators and people living only a few decades.

Xian Junyu answered Wugou’s prayer and learned that Wugou wanted power to rescue his demon wife, Buxi, rather than asking the Immortal to save her himself. After warning Wugou that Buxi’s clan was formidable, Xian Junyu left him despondent, unsure how he could ever save her.

• Wugou prayed beside a lake for help rescuing his abducted wife, and Luoling questioned why he had not sought aid in the Human Saint City.
• Xian Junyu appeared to Wugou and proved his power by splitting the lake with a small stone.
• Wugou asked Xian Junyu to grant him the strength to rescue Buxi, and explained that he knew she was a demon but loved her anyway.
• Xian Junyu told Wugou that Buxi belonged to the ancient Jufu Clan and warned him that saving her would require immense power.
• Xian Junyu flattened a distant mountain with Saint Power, then explained that the Jufu Clan had an ancestor in the Great Luo Realm.
• Wugou became despondent, believing that even Xian Junyu could not help him save Buxi.

Wugou traded his appearance, Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart, and a hundred thousand years of service to Xian Junyu for one day of supreme power, then rescued Buxi. He fled with her while the Jufu Clan pursued them, and Yuan Di went to help.

• Wugou agreed to Xian Junyu's terms, and Xian Junyu took his face and Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart before transforming his body and granting him power.
• Xian Junyu told Wugou he had one day to save Buxi and must return the next day, then revealed Buxi's location.
• Wugou flew to Buxi and rescued her, keeping his identity hidden beneath a black robe and a changed voice.
• The next day, Xian Junyu's group sensed Wugou approaching with Buxi as the Jufu Clan pursued them.
• Xian Junyu gave Yuan Di permission to help Wugou, and Yuan Di departed to confront the pursuers.
• Buxi urged Wugou to put her down, but Wugou promised he would bring her back safely and said they would escape.

Wugou tried to take Buxi from the Jufu Clan, but Ancestor Jufu trapped them in the Sky Abyss Array. Yuan Di rescued the couple, shattered the array, and ordered Jufu not to pursue Buxi.

• Buxi recognized Wugou by the bracelet and urged him to leave, but Wugou insisted on taking her away.
• Ancestor Jufu confronted Wugou and activated the Sky Abyss Array to capture him and Buxi.
• A light stream rescued Wugou and Buxi from the forming array, and an unseen ally warned Wugou to cherish the time his master had given him.
• Yuan Di stayed behind and shattered the Sky Abyss Array with his overwhelming strength, injuring Ancestor Jufu and the surrounding clansmen.
• Yuan Di identified himself as Demon Ancestor Yuan Di and told Jufu that his master had ordered him not to pursue Buxi.

After Yuan Di drove the Jufu Clan away, Jufu Ancestor planned to use Buxi’s connection to her powerful backer for the clan’s benefit. Xian Junyu forcibly took Wugou away for a hundred thousand years, and Buxi vowed to wait for her husband, even for longer.

• Yuan Di warned Jufu Ancestor not to scheme around his master and left, while Jufu Ancestor rebuked his clansmen for insulting Yuan Di after he was gone.
• Jufu Ancestor decided to return to the clan and later seek out Buxi to exploit her connection to a powerful Saint.
• Xian Junyu watched Wugou and Buxi embrace, then told Luoling he would play the villain before leaving to fulfill his promise to Wugou.
• Xian Junyu announced that Wugou’s time had come, and Wugou revealed his identity to Buxi and promised to return after a hundred thousand years.
• Xian Junyu immobilized Buxi and forcibly took Wugou away as the couple called out to each other.
• Xian Junyu asked Buxi whether she would wait for Wugou, and she vowed to wait even four hundred thousand or six hundred thousand years.

Buxi swore to wait for Wugou’s return, and Xian Junyu sealed Cloudmist Mountain City away before taking Wugou to meet his companions. After learning that Xian Junyu had ordered Yuan Di to save him and his wife, Wugou let go of his doubts and accepted Xian Junyu as his Master.

• Buxi swore to the Heavenly Dao that she would wait for her husband’s return, even if it took hundreds of thousands of years.
• Xian Junyu created an immortal barrier that made Cloudmist Mountain City vanish, then took Wugou away while protecting Buxi.
• Wugou told Xian Junyu that an Immortal could not understand the love between people from the lower realms.
• Xian Junyu introduced Wugou to Kong Xuan, who offered his help if Wugou ever faced trouble.
• Xian Junyu introduced Yuan Di as his friend and family, and Yuan Di explained that Xian Junyu had ordered him to save Wugou and his wife.
• Wugou thanked Xian Junyu, let go of his doubts, and accepted him as his Master.

Xian Junyu dismissed Wugou’s thanks and led his group through Human Race territory, while Luoling boasted about her lineage and Wugou struggled to understand their hierarchy. Their aimless journey brought them to a drought-stricken region where starving people crowded around them for food.

• Xian Junyu refused to introduce Luoling, and Wugou recognized her as the Young Mistress from her calling Xian Junyu Master.
• Luoling told Wugou that her father was Emperor Xuanyuan, but Xian Junyu and Yuan Di declared that a Martial Saint was beneath notice compared with Xian Junyu.
• Xian Junyu stopped Wugou from kneeling to Luoling and told him that he needed to kneel to no one but Xian Junyu.
• Yuan Di explained that Xian Junyu was traveling through the mortal world without a fixed destination, and Wugou followed the group in his black robe.
• The group reached a barren, drought-stricken region, where starving locals surrounded them and begged for food; Yuan Di tried to drive them away.

Xian Junyu fed starving people, brought rain and new growth to a barren land, and continued traveling with his companions. The group reached a strategic pass between three mountains and a river, where Kong Xuan sensed an ominous atmosphere.

• Yuan Di held back when Xian Junyu stopped him, and Xian Junyu conjured ordinary food for the starving people.
• Xian Junyu summoned rain over the scorched land and caused trees, flowers, and grass to sprout, while the people celebrated the rain.
• Kong Xuan and the others praised Xian Junyu, but he dismissed their praise and said he was not benevolent; Yuan Di then told Wugou that Xian Junyu treated his own people well despite his ruthless reputation.
• Xian Junyu and his companions traveled on, repeatedly helping people along the way, until they reached a region between three mountains and a river.
• Xian Junyu asked Kong Xuan what he thought of the terrain, and Kong Xuan described it as a vital stronghold with ominous, baleful Qi.

Xian Junyu and his group investigated the strange mourning customs and sealed doors in Three Mountains Pass. An old man finally let them into his home and began explaining how outsiders with occult abilities had changed the city, leaving the cause of the town’s troubles still unclear.

• Xian Junyu led the group into Three Mountains Pass, where white mourning paper and deathly silence filled the streets.
• Wugou repeatedly questioned residents, but every household they approached shut its door without answering.
• Xian Junyu took the group to a remote thatched cottage and asked its elderly resident for water.
• The old man hesitated at the sight of Wugou, then welcomed the group inside and served an unexpectedly lavish meal.
• After Xian Junyu asked about the city’s closed doors, the old man said outsiders with sorcerous abilities had changed the villagers and the city lord.

Xian Junyu and his companions heard how foreign Evil Cultists had terrorized the people near Three Mountains Pass while cultivators in Human Saint City failed to help. After revealing his group’s true identities, Xian Junyu promised to deal with the Priests and decided to visit the City Lord's Mansion.

• Luoling called for the group to eliminate the Evil Cultists, but Xian Junyu asked the old man why the villagers had not sought help from Human Saint City.
• The old man explained that cultivators had withdrawn to the Secluded Saint City, while the Priests blocked ordinary people from seeking help and leaving.
• Luoling tried to defend Saint City, but the old man argued that its cultivators had chosen to ignore the suffering of ordinary people.
• Xian Junyu stopped Luoling, promised to take care of the Priests, and revealed the group’s immortal appearances to convince the old man.
• The old man admitted he knew little about the Priests, so Xian Junyu decided they would visit the City Lord's Mansion.

Xian Junyu’s group encountered the black-robed Priests on their way to the City Lord’s Mansion, and Luoling was captured by their strange chains and cauldron. Wugou fought the Priests while Xian Junyu refused to rescue Luoling immediately, intending to let her learn from her carelessness.

• The black-robed Priest sensed Luoling and Wugou, then sent six Priests to capture the outsiders as sacrifices.
• Xian Junyu’s group met the six Priests, and Luoling taunted them before they attacked with black chains.
• The chains bound Luoling and blocked her Immortal Power, and the black-robed Priest sucked her into a small black cauldron.
• Wugou dodged the Priests’ attempt to capture him and fought them in a brawl.
• Yuan Di tried to rescue Luoling, but Xian Junyu stopped him and said she should suffer a little for her carelessness.

Xian Junyu stopped Wugou from pursuing the Priests who had taken Luoling, then provoked Wugou into accepting a challenge agreement. The city guards arrived as the agreement was settled, while Luoling remained in the Priests’ hands.

• Xian Junyu secretly struck the black-robed Priests and let them retreat, stopping Wugou from chasing them or rescuing Luoling.
• Yuan Di rebuked Wugou for questioning Xian Junyu’s order, and Wugou apologized.
• Xian Junyu insulted Wugou and invoked his failure to protect his wife, Buxi, until Wugou attacked him in anger.
• Xian Junyu blocked Wugou’s punch with one finger, knocked him to his knees, and offered him a chance to challenge him every hundred years.
• Wugou accepted the wager: he could leave if he won, halve his sentence by lasting a hundred moves, or receive another thousand years for each loss.
• The city guard squad arrived and demanded to know who had caused the destruction.

Xian Junyu and his companions were taken to the City Lord’s Mansion, where they discovered demonic energy clinging to the City Lord and the High Priest. Xian Junyu confronted the High Priest, who remained focused on Wugou.

• Xian Junyu and his companions willingly let the city guards escort them to the City Lord’s Mansion, where they were imprisoned.
• Yuan Di grew angry at the prisoners’ mockery, but Xian Junyu restrained him, and Kong Xuan silenced the prisoners with a spell.
• The guards brought the four before City Lord Situ Qingyun and the black-robed High Priest.
• Yuan Di and the other experts sensed demonic energy on Situ Qingyun and the High Priest.
• Xian Junyu questioned the High Priest, lifted Situ Qingyun from his seat, and took the place of honor.
• The High Priest dismissed Xian Junyu as an ordinary man and turned his attention to Wugou.

Wugou rejected the High Priest’s offer to join the Evil Cult, and Yuan Di subdued him after he attacked. Xian Junyu freed Luoling by crushing the small cauldron, leaving the High Priest terrified and his threats undone.

• The High Priest offered Wugou Quasi-Saint cultivation and power if he joined the Evil Cult, but Wugou grabbed him and demanded to know where his demonic power came from.
• The High Priest escaped as demonic qi and attacked Wugou, Xian Junyu, Kong Xuan, and Yuan Di, but Yuan Di dispersed the attack and seized him.
• The High Priest revealed that Luoling was trapped in a small cauldron and tried to use her as a hostage to make Yuan Di release him.
• Xian Junyu pulled the cauldron away from the High Priest and crushed it with one hand, freeing Luoling and shocking the High Priest.