Recaps

Xian Junyu led the Interception Sect disciples to the Heavenly Court for the Peach Banquet and cautioned them against causing trouble. At the South Heavenly Gate, Taibai Jinxing personally welcomed them and escorted them inside, where he and Xian Junyu exchanged elaborate pleasantries.

• Xian Junyu told the Seven Attendant Immortals not to ask questions, then led the Interception Sect group toward the Heavenly Court with gifts for the Peach Banquet.
• Duobao and Jin Ling dismissed the other guests as people seeking free food, while Xian Junyu explained that some genuinely wanted to serve Haotian.
• Xian Junyu warned the disciples to keep their arrogance in check and made Duobao responsible for preventing trouble.
• Taibai Jinxing handed reception duties to his deputy and personally greeted Xian Junyu and the Interception Sect disciples at the South Heavenly Gate.
• Taibai Jinxing escorted the group into the Heavenly Court as scattered cultivators whispered about the special treatment, and Chang Er Dingguang admired Xian Junyu's skill at flattery.

Xian Junyu led the Jie Sect disciples to Haotian’s banquet, where they paid him respect and presented lavish gifts. Their offerings outshone those of the Renjiao and Chan Sect, leaving the other guests to view the gesture as a challenge.

• Taibai Jinxing announced Xian Junyu and the Jie Sect disciples, and Haotian invited them into the Supreme Treasure Hall.
• Xian Junyu and the Jie Sect disciples greeted Haotian as their Martial Uncle, surprising him and earning his warm welcome.
• Xian Junyu presented eight Houtian Spiritual Treasures on behalf of Saint Shangqing, and Haotian accepted them.
• Xian Junyu also offered ten Nine-Revolving Golden Elixirs, prompting the guests to compare the Jie Sect’s gifts with those from the Renjiao and Chan Sect.
• The Renjiao and Chan Sect disciples realized that the Jie Sect’s much larger offerings made their own gifts look inadequate.

At Haotian’s banquet, Xian Junyu met Zhen Yuanzi, the Ancestor of Earth Immortals, and struck up a friendly conversation with him. The chapter ended with the two drinking and chatting warmly as if they were old friends.

• Haotian accepted ten Nine-Revolving Golden Elixirs from the Interception Sect while insisting he could not accept any more gifts.
• Xian Junyu took a seat beside an unfamiliar Daoist while Haotian continued receiving guests, including Xuan Nü.
• The Daoist praised Xian Junyu’s cultivation and revealed that he was Zhen Yuanzi of Wuzhuang Temple.
• Xian Junyu apologized for failing to recognize Zhen Yuanzi and praised his efforts to protect and repair the Western Spirit Veins.
• Xian Junyu and Zhen Yuanzi drank Immortal Wine together and chatted enthusiastically.

Zhunti and Jieyin arrived at Haotian’s Peach Banquet in person and gave him a Bodhi Fruit, strengthening the Western Lands’ bid to win his favor. Xian Junyu and Xuandu recognized them as obstacles to their own plans and decided to leave the matter to the elders at Mount Kunlun.

• Xian Junyu asked Zhen Yuanzi about the Ginseng Fruit, and Zhen Yuanzi invited him to visit Wuzhuang Temple and try one.
• Zhunti and Jieyin arrived at Lingxiao Palace, presented Haotian with a Bodhi Fruit, and took seats beside him.
• Xian Junyu worried that the two Saints’ personal appearance would give them an advantage with Haotian, while Zhunti and Jieyin plotted to hold a banquet and collect gifts from Eastern cultivators.
• Haotian led the guests to Yaochi, where he began the Peach Banquet with Peaches, dancing fairies, and conversation.
• Xuandu told Xian Junyu that Laozi had sent him to befriend Haotian and asked how they should handle Zhunti and Jieyin.
• Xian Junyu told Xuandu to send word to Mount Kunlun after the banquet so their Masters and Senior Uncles could deal with the Saints.

Xian Junyu sampled the Xiantian Ren Water Peach at the Heavenly Court banquet and learned that its famed effects meant little to a Great Luo Golden Immortal. Haotian then asked whether Xian Junyu resented him for taking the position of Heavenly Emperor, and Xian Junyu denied it.

• Xian Junyu ate a Xiantian Ren Water Peach, felt his cultivation rise slightly, and said it had not impressed him.
• Zhen Yuanzi explained the Peach’s effects and told Xian Junyu that Innate Spiritual Roots offered little to powerful Immortals.
• Haotian and Yaochi joined Zhen Yuanzi and Xian Junyu, heard what they had discussed, and laughed about Xian Junyu’s expectations.
• Haotian asked Xian Junyu whether he resented him for taking the Heavenly Emperor position.
• Xian Junyu said the position had originally belonged to Haotian and that he had never wanted it, so he held no resentment.

At the Peach Banquet, Xian Junyu offered Jie Sect disciples to staff Haotian’s newly established Heavenly Court, intending to secure a foothold there and share its Merit and Fortune. After the banquet, Xian Junyu declined Zhen Yuanzi’s invitation to Wuzhuang Temple and set off to report to his master in Kunlun.

• Haotian asked Xian Junyu whether the Jie Sect could provide people for the understaffed Heavenly Court.
• Xian Junyu promised to send Jie Sect disciples after the banquet, claiming the plan had Shangqing’s approval.
• Haotian happily accepted the offer, unaware that Xian Junyu intended to establish the Jie Sect in the Heavenly Court.
• Zhen Yuanzi recognized the risk of bringing Saint Disciples into the Heavenly Court but chose not to interfere.
• After the Peach Banquet ended, Zhen Yuanzi invited Xian Junyu to Wuzhuang Temple to taste Ginseng Fruit, but Xian Junyu declined and said he had to report to his master in Kunlun.

After Zhen Yuanzi departed, Xian Junyu received return gifts from Haotian and led the Interception Sect disciples back toward Mount Kunlun. He let them choose whether to join the Heavenly Court, and Jin Ling, Chang Er Dingguang, and Jin Guang agreed to go with him.

• Zhen Yuanzi took his leave, and Xian Junyu promised Jin Ling he would ask for Ginseng Fruits another time.
• Taibai Jinxing delivered Ren Water Peaches from Haotian, with twenty offered to Saint Shangqing and ten gifted personally to Xian Junyu.
• On the way back, Duobao praised Haotian's gifts, while Xian Junyu observed that the Heavenly Court was likely giving return gifts to other important figures too.
• Xian Junyu asked his fellow disciples to join him in reporting for duty at the Heavenly Court and said their participation was voluntary.
• Duobao, Wu Dang, Gui Ling, and the five attendant immortals declined, while Jin Ling, Chang Er Dingguang, and Jin Guang agreed to accompany Xian Junyu.

After returning from the Heavenly Court, Xian Junyu brought Haotian’s gift of Ren Water Peaches to Tongtian, who accidentally took all thirty, including Xian Junyu’s share. Tongtian returned ten Peaches after Xian Junyu called him out, then dismissed the other disciples to speak with him privately.

• Xian Junyu and the disciples returned to Mount Kunlun and greeted Tongtian in the Travel Palace.
• Xian Junyu presented Haotian’s twenty Ren Water Peaches for Tongtian, who collected them along with Xian Junyu’s ten Peaches.
• Xian Junyu pointed out that Haotian had given him ten Peaches, and Tongtian claimed he had taken them only to check for tampering.
• Tongtian returned ten Peaches to Xian Junyu, who thanked him with sarcastic praise.
• Tongtian dismissed the other disciples and told Xian Junyu to keep any future gifts from Haotian instead of bringing them to him.

Xian Junyu led Jie Sect disciples to the Heavenly Court, where Haotian appointed him Thunder God Puhua Heavenly Venerate. After ten years of idle service, he encountered Tianpeng swimming in the Heavenly River and startled him by questioning what he was doing.

• Tongtian entrusted Xian Junyu with leading Jie Sect disciples to the Heavenly Court, while expressing anger that Laozi, Yuanshi, Zhunti, and Jieyin had also become involved.
• Xian Junyu selected half the Jie Sect disciples and led them to the Heavenly Court three days later.
• Haotian gave Jie Sect disciples important positions and appointed Xian Junyu Thunder God Puhua Heavenly Venerate; Renjiao, Chan Sect, and the Western Lands also sent representatives.
• After ten years of leisurely service, Xian Junyu rode to the Heavenly River and found Tianpeng swimming.
• Tianpeng mistook Xian Junyu's question for an accusation of neglecting his duties and nervously defended himself.

Xian Junyu visited Tianpeng on the Celestial River and later Haotian confronted the growing defiance of the saints’ disciples in the Heavenly Court. Yaochi proposed winning over a saint to restrain Yuanshi and pointed out that the Chan Sect and Interception Sect disciples appeared divided.

• Xian Junyu denied that he had come to investigate Tianpeng, accepted Tianpeng’s invitation, and drank at his residence.
• Haotian sent the people from the Western Lands away, and a thousand years passed as Saint Taiqing’s message drew nearer.
• Haotian told Yaochi that the Chan Sect and Renjiao disciples ignored his orders and that Yuanshi wanted more imperial positions created.
• Yaochi suggested winning over another saint to restrain Yuanshi, but Haotian ruled out Nuwa, Houtu, the Western Lands saints, and the Three Pure Ones.
• Yaochi argued that the Chan Sect and Interception Sect disciples were not acting like one family, citing their lack of contact and frequent clashes.

Haotian and Yaochi decided to grant Xian Junyu an imperial throne to win over the Interception Sect and counter Yuanshi’s ambitions. They summoned Xian Junyu, who arrived unaware of their plan and began wondering what urgent matter they wanted to discuss.

• Yaochi advised Haotian to support Xian Junyu with an imperial throne, citing his standing among the Three Pure Ones and the Interception Sect’s support for the Heavenly Court.
• Haotian agreed, despite his reluctance to give up power and Merit and Fortune, and ordered the Heavenly Slave to summon Xian Junyu.
• Xian Junyu received Haotian’s summons while in the Thunder Department and wondered what important matter had arisen.
• Xian Junyu arrived at Yaochi’s Rear Hall, greeted Haotian and Yaochi, and took the seat they offered him.
• Haotian told Xian Junyu that nothing had happened in the Heavenly Court and that he and Yaochi merely wanted to discuss something with him, leaving Xian Junyu speculating about their purpose.

Xian Junyu returned to Mount Kunlun after Haotian offered him a newly established Emperor Position in the Heavenly Court. He met with Tongtian to seek instructions, saying the Jie Sect’s plan in the Heavenly Court had reached its final step.

• Haotian and Yaochi offered Xian Junyu an additional Emperor Position, and he said he would consult Tongtian before deciding.
• Haotian bowed to Xian Junyu and asked him to convey his sincerity to Tongtian.
• Xian Junyu returned to the Thunder Department, gathered his junior brothers and sisters, and led them back to Mount Kunlun ahead of Tongtian’s lecture.
• Xian Junyu gave Nine-Revolving Water-Fire Derivative Golden Elixirs to the Water-Fire Daoist Children before entering Tongtian’s Travel Palace.
• Tongtian recognized that Xian Junyu had returned early because something had happened, and Xian Junyu said the Jie Sect’s Heavenly Court plan had reached its final step.

Xian Junyu told Tongtian that Haotian had offered him an Emperor Position without setting conditions, and they concluded Yuanshi had pressured Haotian. Tongtian ordered Xian Junyu to accept the offer and declared that he would personally deal with Yuanshi, leaving a clash between the brothers looming.

• Tongtian asked Xian Junyu what conditions Haotian had imposed, and Xian Junyu explained that Haotian had offered him an Emperor Position without asking for anything in return.
• Tongtian wondered why Haotian had been so generous, and Xian Junyu argued that Yuanshi had secretly pressured him.
• Xian Junyu warned that accepting the Emperor Position would put the Interception Sect in conflict with Yuanshi, whom he still felt indebted to.
• Tongtian ordered Xian Junyu to accept the offer after the Preaching Assembly and said he would personally deal with Yuanshi without holding back.
• Tongtian sent Xian Junyu from the Travel Palace, and Xian Junyu realized that facing Yuanshi was unavoidable and that he might soon leave Mount Kunlun.

Xian Junyu gathered the Interception Sect disciples for the journey to Saint Taiqing's Dojo and reprimanded them for their disorderly conduct. He held Duobao responsible for failing to manage the sect before leading everyone out.

• Xian Junyu arrived early at the Daoist Sanctuary and waited as the Interception Sect disciples gathered.
• Xian Junyu scolded the late-arriving and whispering disciples, then silenced them with his Great Luo Golden Immortal pressure.
• Xian Junyu ordered the disciples to answer only yes or understood when he spoke and warned them to follow the sect's rules.
• Xian Junyu blamed Duobao for failing to manage the junior disciples and warned him to step down if the disorder continued.
• Duobao accepted the reprimand, and Xian Junyu led the Interception Sect Immortals toward Saint Taiqing's Dojo.

Xian Junyu attended Laozi’s three-hundred-year sermon, then followed Laozi’s private summons after organizing the Interception Sect disciples’ return to the Heavenly Court. Laozi began a private conversation with Xian Junyu, who waited to hear how his First Senior Uncle would address the issues surrounding Mount Kunlun and the Heavenly Court.

• Xian Junyu and the Interception Sect arrived at Saint Taiqing's Daoist Sanctuary, where Xuandu welcomed them before the Chan Sect arrived.
• Laozi preached for three hundred years, and many listeners broke through after the sermon as he dispersed their tribulation clouds.
• Laozi summoned Xian Junyu to see him, while Xian Junyu assigned Jin Ling and Duobao to take disciples to the Heavenly Court and help with its staffing.
• Xian Junyu met Laozi privately, pretended not to know why he had been summoned, and waited for Laozi to raise the concerns about Mount Kunlun and the Heavenly Court.

Xian Junyu told Laozi that he would not yield the Heavenly Court to protect Tongtian and the Interception Sect, and reaffirmed that they should leave Mount Kunlun. After his system returned the cultivation of the sect’s disciples and raised him to the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal, he began considering how to achieve sainthood.

• Xian Junyu told Laozi that he would not give way on the Heavenly Court and maintained that Tongtian and the Interception Sect should leave Mount Kunlun.
• Laozi urged Xian Junyu to preserve the friendship between the Three Pure Ones and asked him to speak with Tongtian.
• Xian Junyu left Laozi’s Daoist Sanctuary and wondered whether Laozi was protecting their alliance to keep sharing the Interception Sect’s Merit and Fortune or for another reason.
• Xian Junyu returned to Tongtian’s Daoist Sanctuary and activated the system’s cultivation return, asking it to skip individual disciple notifications.
• The system returned the cultivation of a perfected Great Luo Golden Immortal, raising Xian Junyu to the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal.
• Xian Junyu began considering methods of achieving sainthood.

Xian Junyu struggled to choose a path to sainthood until the System generated a path tailored to him: severing Three Thousand Fallen Souls with the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws. The System then altered its return rules to help him pursue that path.

• Xian Junyu rejected the Three Corpses path and weighed Proving the Dao with Strength against Law Proving the Dao, but feared neither suited his urgent circumstances.
• The System recommended Law Severing Corpse Proving the Dao, prompting Xian Junyu to question whether it would strip away his good, evil, and self.
• The System explained that its path used the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws to sever Three Thousand Fallen Souls without affecting Xian Junyu, allowing him to form a Perfect Great Dao Body.
• Xian Junyu learned that Fallen Souls were deficiencies in a cultivator and became eager to pursue perfection, but worried he could not obtain the Three Thousand Laws.
• The System altered its rules so cultivation returns would occur upon breakthroughs in major realms and be paid out once the total reached one hundred percent.

After receiving the complete Time Law, Xian Junyu witnessed Pangu battling the Chaos Demon Gods in the distant past, then returned and broke through to the early Quasi-Saint stage by creating his first Soul Corpse. He tested the Soul Corpse with private signals and confirmed it shared his identity.

• The system rewarded Xian Junyu with the complete Time Law, which pulled his soul consciousness into the River of Time and carried him back to the Chaos Void.
• Xian Junyu watched Pangu kill a Chaos Demon God with one swing of his axe, but Pangu noticed him and forced him out of the River of Time.
• Xian Junyu abandoned the idea of investigating Pangu's secrets and decided to focus on cultivating until he was strong enough.
• Xian Junyu used the power of law to cut out his first Soul Corpse and advanced to the early Quasi-Saint stage.
• Xian Junyu tested the Soul Corpse with their secret signals, and its matching answers reassured him that it was still himself.

Xian Junyu absorbed his Fallen Soul, reached the Quasi-Saint realm, and prepared to take the One-Emperor position in the Heavenly Court. Haotian scheduled the official conferment for the grand court assembly one month later, while he and Yaochi anticipated a struggle between Tongtian and Yuanshi.

• Xian Junyu absorbed his Fallen Soul and realized that, despite reaching the Quasi-Saint realm, he still needed to pursue Sainthood.
• Tongtian sensed Xian Junyu's breakthrough and considered seeking the remaining Saint Position for him at Purple Firmament Palace.
• Xian Junyu led two hundred Interception Sect disciples, including Duobao, toward the Heavenly Court and instructed them to obey his plans.
• Xian Junyu told Haotian he would accept the One-Emperor position, and Haotian set the conferment for the grand court assembly one month later.
• Xian Junyu gave Jin Ling the Thunder Department chief position and asked Haotian to assign posts to the disciples he had brought.
• Haotian and Yaochi rejoiced that Tongtian had agreed and expected him and Yuanshi to contend, overlooking Taiqing Laozi.

Xian Junyu told Jin Ling, Chang Er Dingguang, and Jin Guang that he would take a new Emperor Position and leave the Heavenly Court in about a month to carry out his duties in a subordinate realm. He assigned Jin Ling the Thunder God Puhua Heavenly Venerate position, rewarded the three with Nine-Revolving Golden Elixirs, and left them to focus on their duties while the Saints handled sect concerns.

• Xian Junyu summoned Jin Ling, Chang Er Dingguang, and Jin Guang and told them he would be enfeoffed with an additional Emperor Position in about a month.
• Xian Junyu explained that he would serve in a subordinate realm and had recommended Jin Ling for the Thunder God Puhua Heavenly Venerate position, with Chang Er Dingguang and Jin Guang assisting her.
• Xian Junyu gave each of the three a Nine-Revolving Golden Elixir and warned them not to do anything detrimental to the sect.
• Jin Ling worried that Renjiao and the Chan Sect would react to the Interception Sect taking the Emperor Position, but Xian Junyu said First Senior Uncle was unconcerned and Master would handle Second Martial Uncle Yuanshi.

Haotian announced the creation of the Emperor Gouchen Shanggong Tianhuang position and appointed Xian Junyu to govern the Primordial World's North and South Poles. When the Chan Sect disciples demanded that he withdraw the decree, Xian Junyu revealed his Quasi-Saint cultivation.

• Xian Junyu waited in his residence after revealing the Emperor Position matter to Jin Ling and the others.
• Haotian summoned the Heavenly Court officials and announced that he would establish the Emperor Gouchen Shanggong Tianhuang position.
• Several Heavenly Court officials objected, but Haotian dismissed their protests and proceeded with the appointment.
• Haotian named Xian Junyu Emperor Gouchen Shanggong Tianhuang and placed him in charge of the Primordial World's North and South Poles.
• Guang Chengzi and other Chan Sect disciples demanded that Haotian withdraw the decree, so Xian Junyu released his Quasi-Saint cultivation and shocked the assembly.

Xian Junyu used his new Quasi-Saint cultivation to claim the Emperor Gouchen position, and Haotian formally granted him the Imperial Seal. The appointment set off a struggle among the Saints, with Yuanshi urging Laozi to punish Tongtian and Tongtian refusing to back down.

• Xian Junyu silenced Guang Chengzi and the other Chan Sect disciples, insisting that no one but his Master could interfere with his claim to the Great Emperor position.
• Jin Ling and the other Jie Sect disciples led the Immortals in paying respects to Xian Junyu, and Haotian granted him the Imperial Seal while assigning Jin Ling a new Thunder Department post.
• Xian Junyu stayed in the Heavenly Court to await the Saints’ reactions as news of the appointment spread to Mount Kunlun, the Western Saints, and Houtu.
• Yuanshi urged Laozi to teach Tongtian a lesson for accepting the Heavenly Court position, but Tongtian argued that Haotian had offered it and challenged Yuanshi to fight.

Laozi and Yuanshi went to the Heavenly Court with Tongtian to seek another Emperor Position, while Tongtian planned to protect Xian Junyu. At the South Heavenly Gate, Yuanshi's words about Xian Junyu's position sparked a confrontation with Tongtian.

• Laozi proposed that he and Yuanshi ask Haotian for an Emperor Position, and Tongtian refused to get involved because he had already secured one for Xian Junyu.
• Laozi and Yuanshi set out for the Heavenly Court, while Tongtian joined them to support his eldest disciple.
• Xian Junyu summoned Jin Ling, Dingguang, Jin Guang, and other disciples to welcome the Three Pure Ones at the South Heavenly Gate.
• The disciples of the Three Teachings gathered and greeted Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian when they arrived amid Saintly signs.
• Yuanshi began speaking to Xian Junyu about obtaining his Martial Uncle's position, and Tongtian cut him off and defended his disciple.
• Yuanshi denied coveting Xian Junyu's Emperor Position, then summoned the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi and challenged Tongtian.

Yuanshi and Tongtian nearly fought over Xian Junyu’s claim to the Emperor Gouchen Position, but Laozi stopped them before the Saints met with Haotian. Xian Junyu assured the other disciples that the position was his, and the arrival of Zhunti and Jieyin left the group waiting to see what the five Saints would do.

• Tongtian mistook Yuanshi’s posture for a challenge, and the two drew their Spiritual Treasures before Laozi intervened and ordered them to put them away.
• Laozi told Xian Junyu to introduce Haotian, and the Three Saints met with Haotian while the disciples withdrew outside the hall.
• Jin Ling asked whether Xian Junyu would lose the Emperor Gouchen Position, and he loudly declared that no one could take it from him.
• The Heavenly Slave announced that Zhunti and Jieyin had arrived, and Xian Junyu reassured Jin Ling that Tongtian could handle them.
• The Heavenly Slave led Zhunti and Jieyin past the waiting disciples and into the hall.

Houtu arrived as the Six Saints gathered to discuss the vacant Imperial Positions, and Xian Junyu realized Emperor Qinghua of the East Pole was the main point of contention. Zhunti and Jieyin clashed with Yuanshi and Tongtian over the position, leaving the Four Saints facing off in the sky.

• Zhunti and Jieyin noticed Xian Junyu’s Quasi-Saint cultivation and decided he was fated to join their Buddhist sect, unaware that he was Tongtian’s beloved disciple.
• Houtu arrived, and Xian Junyu was surprised by her beautiful appearance before she glanced back at him with a faint smile.
• Xian Junyu reasoned that Emperor Qinghua of the East Pole was the only Imperial Position still in dispute among the gathered Saints.
• Zhunti, Jieyin, Yuanshi, and Tongtian released their Saintly auras inside the Supreme Treasure Hall, then emerged into the sky armed and ready to fight.
• Jieyin and Zhunti claimed Emperor Qinghua for the Western Lands, while Yuanshi and Tongtian warned them to leave the East.