Recaps

Xian Junyu uncovered Cangxu’s plan to use Demon Seeds across the Primordial and learned that Cangxu had surpassed him in strength. After purging the Demon Seeds from Three Mountains, Xian Junyu led his companions into the rift that Cangxu had used to spread demonic power.

• Xian Junyu searched the Grand Priest’s memories and traced the demonic power to a crack near Three Mountains City, where Cangxu appeared and revealed his Demon Seeds and plans for the Demon Realm’s arrival.
• Cangxu vanished after warning Xian Junyu that he had little time left, and Xian Junyu reduced the Grand Priest to ashes.
• Xian Junyu removed the Demon Seed from Situ Qingyun and cleared the Demon Seeds from the Three Mountains region, while telling Situ Qingyun to strengthen his Dao heart.
• Xian Junyu brought Yuan Di, Kong Xuan, Luoling, and Wugou to the enormous rift, which he identified as the source of the Demonic Beasts and their power.
• Xian Junyu and Kong Xuan entered the rift first, then Yuan Di led Luoling and Wugou after warning Luoling not to cause trouble.

Xian Junyu sealed the Demon Realm passage after Heavenly Demon Cangxu warned that he would soon descend upon the Primordial World. He asked Kong Xuan to guard the passage and Three Mountains Pass, leaving Kong Xuan to decide whether to accept.

• Xian Junyu, Kong Xuan, Yuan Di, Wugou, and Luoling found a purple vortex at the end of the fissure.
• Heavenly Demon Cangxu spoke through the vortex, dismissed their efforts, and threatened to blood-sacrifice heaven and earth when he descended.
• Xian Junyu cast the Five Elements Seal, closing the passage and dispersing the surrounding demonic aura.
• Xian Junyu identified the voice as Heavenly Demon Cangxu, and Luoling asked who he was before Xian Junyu rebuked her.
• Xian Junyu asked Kong Xuan to guard the passage and protect the land, explaining that Saint Realm experts could not cross through it.
• Kong Xuan hesitated, weighing his fear of Cangxu against the chance to recover his younger brother, while Xian Junyu waited for his answer.

After securing Kong Xuan’s agreement to guard Three Mountains Pass, Xian Junyu headed to Human Saint City with Yuan Di, Luoling, and Wugou to confront Luoling’s father over humanity’s indifference to the Demon Realm invasion. The chapter ended with Xian Junyu provoking a city guard who had politely asked the group to descend from the air.

• Kong Xuan agreed to guard Three Mountains Pass after Xian Junyu promised to reunite him with his younger brother.
• Xian Junyu and his companions left, and Kong Xuan returned to Three Mountains Pass to begin his vigil.
• Xian Junyu took Yuan Di, Luoling, and Wugou toward Human Saint City, saying he intended to demand an explanation from Luoling’s father.
• The group saw Human Saint City flourishing, and Xian Junyu criticized its leaders for forgetting the suffering of people below them.
• Luoling argued that humanity had both darkness and hope, but Xian Junyu revealed she had borrowed the idea from his writings.
• A Martial Emperor Realm cultivator asked the group to descend, and Xian Junyu mocked him for humanity’s domineering rules.

Xian Junyu challenged Luofeng in the Human Saint City after Luofeng refused to meet him, then fought the Human Race cultivators who tried to stop him. He left the gathered experts defeated while the city’s combat forces closed in around him.

• Xian Junyu ordered Yuan Di to take Wugou and Luoling to safety, then demanded that Luofeng appear.
• Luofeng stayed in the palace with the Human Race’s other Saints and refused to answer Xian Junyu’s challenge.
• After his countdown ended, Xian Junyu knocked the surrounding Martial Emperors from the sky and then punched another cultivator away.
• Human cultivators attacked Xian Junyu with spells, Spiritual Treasures, and physical blows, but he defeated them with ease.
• The stunned spectators fled as combat personnel from across the Saint City gathered to encircle Xian Junyu.

Xian Junyu attacked Human Saint City to confront the Martial Saints, only to find Luofeng controlled by the awakened Human Path. The Human Path rejected Xian Junyu’s authority and claimed he could not destroy it.

• Grand Chancellor Pengcheng and other human powerhouses recognized Xian Junyu as the Immortal Saint Ancestor, while Pengcheng said the Martial Saints could not meet him.
• Xian Junyu condemned the human race’s inaction and unleashed Extinction Thunderbolt on the palace where Luofeng and the Saints were gathered.
• Luofeng caught and dispersed the lightning, then emerged with the other ten Human Saints as Luoling and Yuan Di reacted to his behavior.
• Luofeng spoke coldly to Xian Junyu, who realized that the Human Path had taken control of Luofeng’s body.
• The Human Path told Xian Junyu that human affairs were none of his concern and claimed it was undying and indestructible.

Xian Junyu confronted the Human Race Martial Saints over their failure to stop the Way of Humanity and learned that a demon had become the Human Emperor. Though he said he could not undo the Human Path’s rise, he moved to give the Martial Saints autonomy by sealing the Human Path inside Luofeng.

• The Way of Humanity released Luofeng’s consciousness after Xian Junyu agreed to stay out of its affairs, and Luofeng restored the ruined palace before inviting everyone inside.
• Xian Junyu demanded that the Human Race Martial Saints explain their inaction, and Luofeng revealed a demon bearing the Human Emperor’s destiny.
• Luofeng explained that the Human Path had taken control of him and suppressed the other Martial Saints, while Luoling pleaded with Xian Junyu to understand her father.
• Xian Junyu blamed the Martial Saints for their arrogance and for failing to alert him, then admitted that he could not reverse the fully matured Human Path’s influence.
• Xian Junyu said he could grant the Martial Saints some autonomy, then sealed the Human Path inside Luofeng when it took control of him again.

Xian Junyu sealed Humanity for a hundred years and ordered the human Saints to clear Demonic Beasts from human territory, warning that the Demon Realm threatened the Primordial. He left for Human Emperor City with Yuan Di and Wugou, troubled by the state of the world and beginning to consider changing it.

• Xian Junyu sealed Humanity for a hundred years, then demanded that the human Saints eliminate Demonic Beasts from human territory as the price of his help.
• Luofeng questioned whether Luohu could truly threaten the Primordial, but Xian Junyu refused to explain and warned that carelessness would bring certain defeat.
• Xian Junyu left Human Saint City with Yuan Di and Wugou, while Luoling stayed and Luofeng sent cultivators to attack the invading Demonic Beasts.
• At Human Emperor City, Yuan Di praised the lively capital while Xian Junyu brooded over whether the world itself was at fault and considered changing it.
• Yuan Di admired the city's beauties and joked about staying, then quickly changed his tune when Xian Junyu told him he could.

Xian Junyu brought Yuan Di and Wugou to Wen Zhong’s residence to visit his martial nephew, but Wen Zhong was away. They waited in the reception hall after Xian Junyu bribed the gatekeepers, while Yuan Di grumbled about their treatment.

• Xian Junyu explained to Wugou that Wen Zhong was Saint Mother Jin Ling’s eldest disciple and ordered Yuan Di to approach the residence.
• A gatekeeper rebuked Yuan Di for demanding that Wen Zhong receive him, and Yuan Di nearly retaliated before Xian Junyu stopped him.
• Xian Junyu introduced himself as Wen Zhong’s relative and paid the gatekeepers four gold bars to gain entry.
• The gatekeepers said Wen Zhong was away and escorted Xian Junyu’s group to the reception hall to wait.
• Yuan Di complained about the gatekeepers, but Xian Junyu told him not to punish ordinary people for their ignorance.

Xian Junyu visited Wen Zhong in Chaoge, where the Jie Sect disciple was serving the Yin Shang court and cultivating amid the mortal world. Wen Zhong welcomed his First Senior Uncle with reverence, and Xian Junyu warned him to guard his Dao heart against courtly turmoil.

• Wugou asked why Wen Zhong’s servants had not recognized Xian Junyu, and Xian Junyu explained that Wen Zhong concealed his immortal sect ties while serving the Human Emperor.
• Wen Zhong returned to his residence and sensed the Saint’s aura coming from the reception hall.
• Wen Zhong recognized Xian Junyu as Biyou Palace’s First Senior Uncle and bowed to him, then personally poured him tea.
• Xian Junyu praised Wen Zhong’s dedication to Yin Shang and cautioned him to protect his Dao foundation from mortal affairs.
• Yuan Di told Wen Zhong that his gatekeepers had slighted their party before Wen Zhong arrived.

Xian Junyu visited Wen Zhong at the Wen Residence in Chaoge, then warned him that the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation was near and would erupt as civil war among the Human Race. The chapter ended with Xian Junyu urging Wen Zhong not to resist the Heavenly Dao and promising to help him if trouble arose.

• Wen Zhong summoned the gate servants who had slighted Xian Junyu, but Xian Junyu forgave them and Wen Zhong punished them with wage deductions and ten strokes each.
• Wen Zhong invited Xian Junyu and Yuan Di to stay at his residence, and he hosted them for the evening.
• Xian Junyu told Wen Zhong that the Tribulation was approaching and that its flashpoint would be the selection of three hundred and sixty-five Orthodox Gods among the Human Race.
• Wen Zhong realized rebel forces would rise against the Shang army and was distressed that the civil war could not be stopped.
• Xian Junyu advised Wen Zhong to let events unfold and promised to help him if anything happened.

Xian Junyu brought Yuan Di and Wugou to Chen Tang Pass to visit Li Jing and assess the household. After welcoming them, Li Jing explained that his sons Jin Zha and Mu Zha were away training under their respective Immortal Masters.

• Xian Junyu changed course during the flight and took Yuan Di and Wugou to Chen Tang Pass to visit Li Jing.
• Unseasonable plum blossoms and lotuses bloomed at Li Jing's residence, prompting him to realize that powerful visitors had arrived.
• Li Jing opened his gates, greeted the three visitors respectfully, and invited them into his home.
• Xian Junyu introduced himself as a Jie Sect Disciple and praised Li Jing's cultivation foundation.
• Xian Junyu asked about Li Jing's sons, and Li Jing said Jin Zha studied under Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun while Mu Zha studied under Puxian True Person.

Xian Junyu tried to persuade Li Jing to let him teach his unborn third son instead of Taiyi True Person, warning that the boy’s fate under Taiyi would bring great suffering. Li Jing remained torn over his prior promise as Xian Junyu challenged whether Taiyi had ever made a binding agreement.

• Xian Junyu asked Li Jing about his plans for a third son and learned that Taiyi True Person had claimed the child as a disciple.
• Xian Junyu revealed that the unborn boy was Lingzhuzi reincarnated and said Taiyi’s teaching would lead him through the Great Tribulation of Investiture of the Gods and cost him his fleshly body and true self.
• Xian Junyu identified himself as the Jie Sect’s First Disciple of Penglai, while Li Jing hesitated to break his word to Taiyi True Person.
• Yuan Di rebuked Li Jing for fearing to offend the Chan Sect, but Xian Junyu ordered Yuan Di to stand down.
• Xian Junyu pointed out that Taiyi had left no written agreement, token, or date, then argued that he had never taught a disciple before; Li Jing turned pale as he considered the claims.

Xian Junyu secured Li Jing’s promise to make his future third son a disciple by altering Li Jing’s memory, then went to the Heavenly Court to ask Haotian to suppress the Demon Realm’s incursions. Haotian agreed to deploy troops throughout the Heavenly Realm and issued orders to organize the defenses.

• Li Jing rejected Xian Junyu’s offer, but Xian Junyu altered his memory, and Li Jing agreed to let his future third son become Xian Junyu’s disciple.
• Xian Junyu, Yuan Di, and Wugou left Chen Tang Pass and ascended to the Heavenly Court, where they met Jade Emperor Haotian.
• Xian Junyu asked Haotian to seal the Demon Realm’s passages throughout the Three Realms, but Haotian cited a shortage of manpower.
• Xian Junyu narrowed the request to suppressing demons in the Heavenly Realm, and Haotian agreed.
• Haotian ordered Taibai Jinxing and Martial Virtue Star Lord to deploy forces, seal known and unknown passages, monitor spatial fluctuations, and kill Demonic Beasts.

Xian Junyu visited the Sect of Interception immortals in the Heavenly Court, learned Haotian had been keeping them at a distance, and warned them to stay there during the coming great tribulation. He returned to the Three Immortal Islands of Penglai with Wugou and reunited with the immortals, leaving the outcome of his work in the mortal realm to others.

• Xian Junyu waited outside the Lingxiao Hall and greeted Jin Ling, Chang'er Dingguang Xian, and the other Sect of Interception immortals.
• Jin Ling told Xian Junyu that Haotian had been assigning them little work and keeping his distance from them.
• Xian Junyu told the immortals to endure the situation and warned them not to leave the Heavenly Court for several thousand years because a great tribulation was coming.
• Xian Junyu, Wugou, and Yuan Di returned to the Three Immortal Islands of Penglai, where San Xiao and the other immortals welcomed them.
• Yuan Di introduced Wugou to the Penglai immortals, and Xian Junyu later told Yun Xiao he had done what he could in the mortal realm before leading everyone in a feast.

Taiyi confronted Xian Junyu on Penglai Island over who would take Nezha as a disciple, but Yuanshi accepted Xian Junyu’s claim and told Taiyi to find another disciple. Xian Junyu then sent a clone to take the newborn Nezha as his disciple, while trouble brewed in the East Sea.

• Taiyi arrived at Penglai and accused Xian Junyu of stealing Nezha, but Xian Junyu defended his agreement with Li Jing and admitted he had used underhanded means.
• Taiyi threatened to report Xian Junyu to Yuanshi, then Qiong Xiao knocked him into the sea as he left Penglai.
• Taiyi reported the dispute to Yuanshi, who told him to give up Lingzhuzi and find another disciple to ward off his tribulation.
• After Nezha was born, Xian Junyu sent a clone to take him as a disciple and gave him Spiritual Treasures, leaving him with Li Jing rather than bringing him to Penglai.

Xian Junyu watched Nezha die after the Dragon Clan attacked Chen Tang Pass, then collected his soul and brought him to Penglai. He promised Madam Yin he would protect Nezha, while Nezha’s revival remained uncertain after Li Jing destroyed the temple built to restore him.

• Ao Guang confronted Li Jing over Nezha’s killing of Ao Bing, and Nezha returned and fought the Dragon Clan’s soldiers.
• Xian Junyu’s avatar secretly used a formation to suppress Ao Guang, but Nezha killed himself to repay his parents and end his sins.
• Ao Guang withdrew, and Xian Junyu collected Nezha’s soul and brought it back to his residence.
• Xian Junyu explained that he had helped Nezha from the shadows and promised to arrange a trial for him.
• Xian Junyu secretly helped Madam Yin build a temple to revive Nezha, but Li Jing later destroyed it, creating an irreconcilable feud with his son.
• Xian Junyu took Nezha’s soul to Penglai and dispelled his avatar, allowing his true body to receive its memories.

Xian Junyu reforged Nezha’s body with the World Purifying White Lotus, raising him to the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm. Nezha returned to Chen Tang Pass to confront Li Jing, but after he broke the Exquisite Pagoda and tried to burn his father, Xian Junyu appeared to protect Li Jing.

• Xian Junyu used the World Purifying White Lotus to forge Nezha a new body, and Nezha awoke in the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm.
• Randeng gave Li Jing the Exquisite Pagoda and urged him to prepare for Nezha’s return.
• Nezha left Penglai for Chen Tang Pass, where he tried to kill Li Jing despite Lady Yin’s pleas.
• Li Jing trapped Nezha in the Exquisite Pagoda, but Nezha shattered it and declared their father-son bond severed.
• Nezha attacked Li Jing with the Fire-Tipped Spear, but Xian Junyu shielded Li Jing and appeared with Yun Xiao.

Nezha spared Li Jing after Xian Junyu urged him not to follow his father's example, then left to help Wen Zhong in the Shang Dynasty. Xian Junyu and Yun Xiao headed to the Holy Mother Temple to watch for the event that might set the Investiture of the Gods in motion.

• Xian Junyu stopped Nezha from killing Li Jing and urged him to choose a different path.
• Nezha put away his spear, reconciled with Lady Yin, and left Chen Tang Pass with Xian Junyu and Yun Xiao.
• Nezha learned Yun Xiao was his Master's Wife and accepted Xian Junyu's order to assist Wen Zhong in the Shang Dynasty.
• Xian Junyu and Yun Xiao flew to the Shang Dynasty capital and began watching the Holy Mother Temple to see whether King Zhou would inscribe a poem there or someone would interfere.

Xian Junyu recorded Zhunti and Jieyin manipulating King Zhou into insulting Nuwa, then watched the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation begin. When Zhao Gongming went to help Wen Zhong, San Xiao left Penglai to save him despite Xian Junyu’s warnings.

• Xian Junyu and Yun Xiao watched Zhunti and Jieyin bewitch King Zhou into writing an insulting poem to Nuwa, and Xian Junyu secretly recorded it.
• Nuwa sent the Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb to Chaoge, while the phoenix cried at Mount Qi and the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation unfolded.
• Yun Xiao, Bi Xiao, and Qiong Xiao told Xian Junyu that Zhao Gongming had left seclusion to help Wen Zhong.
• Xian Junyu refused to intervene, saying he could not save Zhao Gongming, and warned San Xiao that going out was dangerous.
• Yun Xiao led Bi Xiao and Qiong Xiao away from Penglai on immortal cranes to save their brother, while Xian Junyu resolved to protect them secretly.

After Zhao Gongming’s death, San Xiao trapped the Chan Sect’s disciples in the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation to avenge him, with Xian Junyu secretly strengthening their efforts. Venerable Yuanshi, Laozi, and Nuwa entered the formation, and Xian Junyu intensified its power when they seized San Xiao’s treasures.

• After Zhao Gongming was beheaded, San Xiao set up the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, trapping the Chan Sect’s eleven Golden Immortals and stripping away their cultivation; Jiang Ziya escaped.
• Xian Junyu secretly assisted San Xiao and held back when Xuandu and Nan Ji tried and failed to break the formation.
• Jiang Ziya went to Mount Kunlun for help, and Venerable Yuanshi left to seek allies after suspecting Xian Junyu was behind San Xiao’s actions.
• Venerable Yuanshi confronted San Xiao and entered the formation when Yun Xiao demanded that he break it or hand over Zhao Gongming’s killer.
• Laozi and Nuwa joined Yuanshi inside the formation and seized San Xiao’s treasures, including the Primordial Golden Dou.
• Xian Junyu grew angry at the Saints’ actions and strengthened the formation.

The Three Saints shattered the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, and Yuanshi destroyed San Xiao’s cultivation in retaliation. Xian Junyu arrived to confront Yuanshi over the injustice surrounding Zhao Gongming’s death, and the dispute remained unresolved as Bi Xiao and Qiong Xiao denounced him.

• Laozi, Nuwa, and Yuanshi used their supreme treasures to break the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, leaving San Xiao and Xian Junyu injured by the backlash.
• Laozi told Yun Xiao, Bi Xiao, and Qiong Xiao to withdraw, but Yuanshi seized them with Saint Power and destroyed their cultivation.
• Qiong Xiao called for Xian Junyu, who appeared and demanded that Yuanshi explain why he had harmed his wife and sisters.
• Xian Junyu challenged Yuanshi’s claim that his retaliation was fair and asked him to answer for Zhao Gongming’s death.
• Yuanshi claimed Zhao Gongming had obstructed Heaven’s mandate, and Bi Xiao and Qiong Xiao accused him of having no fairness.

Xian Junyu confronted Yuanshi over Zhao Gongming’s death and urged Nuwa to withdraw the Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb from the mortal world. Nuwa questioned whether King Zhou’s insult had been caused by something beyond the Tribulation’s baleful aura.

• Yuanshi admitted fault for what happened to Zhao Gongming but refused compensation, offering only a favor and saying he could not revive him during the Tribulation.
• Xian Junyu took San Xiao back to Penglai, where he told them that Gongming’s fate and their lost cultivation might eventually benefit them.
• Xian Junyu invited Nuwa to Penglai and asked her to withdraw the Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb to avoid provoking the Human Race’s Martial Saints.
• Nuwa refused, saying King Zhou had insulted her and that the Human Race’s Martial Saints seemed unconcerned about the Shang Dynasty.
• Xian Junyu suggested something else might have caused King Zhou’s insult, making Nuwa reconsider what had happened.

Xian Junyu revealed the truth behind the Great Tribulation of Investiture of the Gods to Nuwa, prompting her to confront the Two Saints of the West. Later, Sect Master Tongtian summoned Xian Junyu to Golden Ao Island and announced that he would personally act against the Chan Sect and its allies.

• Xian Junyu showed Nuwa the truth, and she learned that the Two Saints of the West were responsible for the matter she had suspected.
• Nuwa left and, one day later, fought the Two Saints of the West while Laozi and Yuanshi intervened to mediate.
• Xian Junyu stopped focusing on the Human Race and passed complete laws to San Xiao after their Immortal Dao foundations were destroyed.
• Sect Master Tongtian summoned Xian Junyu to Golden Ao Island, where San Xiao warned him that danger was coming.
• Xian Junyu arrived at Biyou Palace, and Tongtian announced that he would act in person against the Chan Sect and its allies.
• Xian Junyu supported Tongtian's decision, citing Zhao Gongming's death, and the other Interception Sect disciples agreed.

As Wen Zhong faced death at Juelong Ridge, Xian Junyu learned of his Destiny Tribulation and set out with Jin Ling to save him. Wen Zhong refused Jiang Ziya’s offer to surrender and fought the forces of West Qi alone while help was on its way.

• Xian Junyu realized Wen Zhong had encountered a Destiny Tribulation at Juelong Ridge, and Jin Ling begged Tongtian to save her disciple.
• Tongtian learned that Chan Sect forces had helped trap Wen Zhong and asked Xian Junyu whether he could be saved.
• Xian Junyu declared he would seek a chance against fate, then entered a spatial rift with Jin Ling as Tongtian prepared to follow.
• Tongtian stopped the other Interception Sect disciples from joining the rescue, warning them not to risk their lives in the Tribulation.
• At Juelong Ridge, Wen Zhong lamented that the ridge would be his burial ground as Jiang Ziya arrived and urged him to surrender.
• Wen Zhong refused to abandon Chaoge and charged the forces of West Qi, fighting several powerful opponents without immediately falling.

Randeng and Yun Zhongzi nearly killed Wen Zhong before Xian Junyu and Jin Ling arrived to save him. Xian Junyu healed Wen Zhong, then killed Jianglong and the fleeing Western Religion followers, while Jin Ling fought Randeng.

• Randeng and Yun Zhongzi joined the battle against Wen Zhong, overwhelming him until Randeng prepared to kill him.
• Xian Junyu and Jin Ling arrived through a spatial vortex, and Jin Ling challenged Randeng while Xian Junyu healed Wen Zhong.
• Xian Junyu confronted Jianglong and the Western Religion followers over their attacks on Jie Sect Disciples.
• Jianglong and the other Western Religion followers fled, but Xian Junyu sent Immortal Power after them and reduced them all to dust.