Recaps

Yuanshi and Tongtian fought Jieyin and Zhunti after the Western Duo demanded an Emperor Position, then defeated them in the Outer Domain and returned to the Heavenly Court. Xian Junyu celebrated their victory with extravagant flattery while the Western Duo fled in disgrace.

• Zhunti and Jieyin insisted that the Western Lands claim an Emperor Position, and Yuanshi and Tongtian challenged them.
• Tongtian attacked Jieyin while Yuanshi fought Zhunti, and their clash shook the Heavenly Court until the Primordial World’s space began to shatter.
• Yuanshi and Zhunti left the Primordial World to continue fighting in the Outer Domain, followed by Tongtian and Jieyin.
• Xian Junyu complained that the Saints had left before he could watch the fight, but Taiqing Laozi told him to stop making trouble.
• Yuanshi and Tongtian returned triumphant, while the battered Jieyin and Zhunti threatened them and hurried away.
• Xian Junyu praised Yuanshi and Tongtian, and Yuanshi praised him in turn, prompting the other disciples to consider copying his flattery.

Tongtian and Yuanshi clashed over who would receive the Qinghua Imperial Seat, and Laozi stopped their argument before it became a fight. Unable to settle the dispute, Laozi summoned Xian Junyu into Lingxiao Palace to help resolve it.

• Xian Junyu praised Yuanshi, who accepted the flattery, while Tongtian told Xian Junyu to stop and entered Lingxiao Palace.
• Yuanshi claimed the Qinghua Imperial Seat after Laozi and Houtu declined to compete, but Tongtian refused to let him take it.
• Yuanshi disparaged Tongtian's Interception Sect disciples, and Tongtian defended them before the brothers traded insults.
• Yuanshi drew the Pangu Banner, but Laozi intervened and made both brothers sit down; Tongtian had prevented Yuanshi from claiming the seat.
• Laozi decided Xian Junyu could resolve the dispute and transported him into Lingxiao Palace, leaving the Jie Sect Disciples alarmed until Xuandu reassured them.

Laozi asked Xian Junyu to settle the Saints’ dispute over the remaining Qinghua Imperial Seat. Xian Junyu proposed returning it to Haotian, surprising the gathered Saints and leaving the decision poised to favor the Heavenly Court’s ruler.

• Laozi brought Xian Junyu before the Saints and asked him to give his opinion on who should receive the Qinghua Imperial Seat.
• Xian Junyu realized that choosing between Yuanshi and Tongtian risked offending one of them, but Laozi assured him that he could speak freely.
• Xian Junyu considered the competing claims and decided that fairness meant giving the remaining position to Haotian.
• The Saints and Haotian were stunned by Xian Junyu’s suggestion, while Houtu laughed and Yuanshi considered accepting it.

Xian Junyu helped Haotian retain the Qinghua Imperial Seat, then decided to leave the Heavenly Court and travel the Primordial World. Tongtian gave him a safeguard in the Immortal Slaying Sword before departing, and Haotian later hosted Xian Junyu to thank him.

• Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian agreed to let Haotian keep the Qinghua Imperial Seat after Xian Junyu proposed it.
• Xian Junyu told Tongtian he planned to leave the Heavenly Court and manage the territory under the Gouchen Imperial Seat rather than return to Mount Kunlun.
• Tongtian accepted Xian Junyu's decision, warned him to stay cautious, and infused the Immortal Slaying Sword with his Saint's Will as protection.
• Tongtian left the South Heavenly Gate, and Xian Junyu thanked him before Haotian and Yaochi invited him to the Rear Hall.
• Haotian thanked Xian Junyu over wine, but Xian Junyu said the Emperor Position had already belonged to Haotian and felt ashamed that his Martial Uncles had taken so much from him.

After the Six Saints overruled Haotian, Xian Junyu told Haotian and Yaochi he intended to leave the Heavenly Court and exercise his authority in the North and South Poles. Haotian agreed without truly trying to retain him, and Xian Junyu began thinking about what he could take before departing.

• Haotian lamented that the Saints ruled the Primordial World, while Xian Junyu reminded him that everyone beneath them was an ant, like the powerful figures who had submitted to Hongjun.
• Xian Junyu told Haotian that he planned to leave the Heavenly Court and exercise his authority in the North and South Poles as Emperor Gouchen Shanggong Tianhuang.
• Haotian and Yaochi showed relief at Xian Junyu's plan, then pretended to urge him to reconsider so the immortals would not think Haotian could not tolerate him.
• Xian Junyu insisted that he had already decided to leave, and Haotian accepted his decision without making a genuine effort to keep him.
• Xian Junyu understood that Haotian and Yaochi wanted him gone and decided to take something from them before departing.

After leaving the Heavenly Court with a gift of Ren Water Peaches, Xian Junyu traveled toward the Southern Region and encountered Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao after they found the Falling Treasure Coin. He defeated them and took the Supreme Grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure, recognizing what it was.

• Yaochi gave Xian Junyu twenty Ren Water Peaches and promised to send him ten whenever the peaches ripened.
• Xian Junyu told Jin Ling to look after the Jie Sect disciples in the Heavenly Court, then left for the Southern Region to find a site for his Emperor Palace.
• Xian Junyu spotted a golden light and flew to its source, where Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao had found the Falling Treasure Coin.
• Xiao Sheng hid the treasure while Cao Bao and Xiao Sheng challenged Xian Junyu, but he struck them down with a single wave of Immortal Power.
• Xian Junyu took the treasure from Xiao Sheng and identified it as the Supreme Grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure, the Falling Treasure Coin.

Xian Junyu rejected Xiao Sheng’s Falling Treasure Coin, took the Great Red Robe Mother Tree from Wuyi Mountain, and spared Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao. He left for the Southern Region and brewed tea from the tree’s leaves as the two cultivators accepted their loss and resolved to cultivate.

• Xian Junyu returned the Falling Treasure Coin to Xiao Sheng, judging it too costly in Fortune for the Interception Sect to use.
• Xian Junyu recognized the tea tree as the Great Red Robe Mother Tree and uprooted it while Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao watched helplessly.
• Xian Junyu introduced himself to Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao, promised to wait for them to seek revenge in the Southern Region, and departed without killing them.
• Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao decided to accept their loss and cultivate until they could reach the Great Luo Realm and reclaim justice.
• Xian Junyu praised his improving luck and Merit, then brewed and drank Great Red Robe tea while traveling on the clouds.

Xian Junyu established his palace on Bihai Immortal Mountain and recruited its newly enlightened spirits as attendants. He revealed that he was both Emperor Gouchen Shanggong Tianhuang and the First Disciple of Shangqing Tongtian Saint, leaving the Daoist Children stunned.

• Xian Junyu chose Bihai Immortal Mountain, enlightened its spirits into Daoist Children, and asked them to step aside.
• Xian Junyu destroyed the mountain peak and used his Imperial Seal to create Jiangxiao Palace, Gouchen Upper Palace, with a stone terrace leading up to it.
• Xian Junyu invited the Daoist Children to stay as attendants, and they all agreed.
• Xian Junyu revealed that he was one of the Six Imperials, Emperor Gouchen Shanggong Tianhuang, equal in rank to Jade Emperor Haotian.
• Xian Junyu told the Daoist Children that his original name was Xian Junyu and that he was the First Disciple of Shangqing Tongtian Saint, leaving them dumbfounded.

Xian Junyu warned his newly transformed attendants to keep his Jie Sect identity secret, then entrusted Yuan Ling and Yun Guang with caring for a spiritual tea tree and rewarded them. The next morning, he began using the Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission Art to summon the living beings of the Southern Region to hear his preaching.

• Xian Junyu asked the Daoist Children their names and warned Yuan Ling, Yun Guang, and the others not to pry into matters they should not know.
• Xian Junyu ordered the Daoist Children to clean Jiangxiao Palace and brought Yuan Ling and Yun Guang to the rear courtyard.
• Xian Junyu planted the Spiritual Root Great Red Robe tea tree on Bihai Mountain and assigned Yuan Ling and Yun Guang to guard and harvest it.
• Xian Junyu told Yuan Ling and Yun Guang to present him only as Emperor Gouchen Shanggong Tianhuang, then gave them two Nine-Revolving Golden Elixirs.
• Yuan Ling and Yun Guang consumed the elixirs and were raised by an entire major realm.
• The next morning, Xian Junyu sat before Jiangxiao Palace and used the Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission Art across the Southern Region.

Xian Junyu preached the Dao for three hundred years at Bihai Immortal Mountain, then revealed his Quasi-Saint cultivation and warned listeners not to cause trouble on his territory. After everyone left, he allowed nearby mountain spirits to remain and summoned the sleeping Fallen Soul Corpse.

• Xian Junyu began preaching the Dao at Jiangxiao Palace, and spirits, monsters, and cultivators from across the Southern Region gathered to listen.
• After three hundred years, Xian Junyu ended the sermon, and some listeners transformed and ascended to become immortals.
• Xian Junyu revealed his Quasi-Saint aura, warned everyone against causing trouble, and ordered them to leave Bihai Immortal Mountain.
• Yuan Ling reported that some creatures without human forms remained nearby, and Xian Junyu allowed them to stay as long as they caused no trouble.
• Xian Junyu summoned the Fallen Soul Corpse from the Primordial Spirit Lotus and complained that it had been sleeping while he worked.

Xian Junyu sent his Fallen Soul Corpse, Shi Xian, to protect the Human Race in the Northern Region while he remained in the South. Three thousand years later, the Zhifeng Clan came under attack by a monstrous black mist, leaving its Clan Leader and grandson Luo'er facing disaster.

• Xian Junyu ordered Shi Xian to station himself in the Northern Region and protect the Human Race.
• Shi Xian accepted, named himself, and flew toward the North Pole while warning Xian Junyu about the timing of his plans.
• Xian Junyu spent three thousand years refining pills and artifacts in Jiangxiao Palace as Shi Xian roamed the North Pole hunting demons and monsters.
• A black mist attacked the Zhifeng Clan, devouring people and destroying its wooden houses as the tribesmen fled or fought back.
• The elderly Zhifeng Clan Leader refused to abandon his tribe, while his grandson Luo'er urged him to escape.

Shuofeng risked his life to hold back the Black Mist Monster so the Zhifeng Clan could escape, but Shi Xian arrived just in time to save him. Shi Xian confronted the monster for collecting Blood Sacrifice on his territory.

• Luofeng tried to stop Shuofeng from attacking, but Shuofeng shoved him away and charged into the Black Mist.
• Shuofeng held the monster back and ordered the Zhifeng Clan members to retreat, but the monster blasted him aside and lunged at him.
• As the Black Mist approached Shuofeng, Shi Xian descended and blocked it with one hand.
• Shuofeng recognized Shi Xian as the ancestor who had once saved his family, while Luofeng helped his grandfather retreat.
• Shi Xian revealed he had sensed the Human Race's incense offerings and warned the monster for using his territory to collect Blood Sacrifice.

Shi Xian defeated the Black Mist viper that had terrorized the Zhifeng Clan and accepted their thanks. He introduced himself as Emperor Gouchen, Shi Xian, leaving the clan puzzled by his title.

• Shi Xian struck the black mist with his fist, revealing the hundred-zhang-long viper beneath it.
• The viper attacked Shi Xian with purple flames, but Shi Xian blocked them with an Immortal Power barrier.
• Shi Xian fired a strike with two fingers, wounding the viper after it narrowly dodged a fatal blow.
• The viper fled as black mist, but Shi Xian killed it with a palm strike, destroying its body and soul.
• Chief Shuofeng and the Zhifeng Clan members thanked Shi Xian, who lifted them with Immortal Power and named himself Emperor Gouchen, Shi Xian.

Shi Xian stayed with the Zhifeng Clan and revealed that Xian Junyu was the Human Race’s Immortal Saint Ancestor and a Saint’s First Disciple. He explained that he was Xian Junyu’s severed Fallen Soul, leaving Shuofeng and Luofeng to understand that they had not bowed to the wrong person.

• Shi Xian accepted the Zhifeng Clan’s invitation to stay for three days after saving them.
• Shuofeng asked Shi Xian whether he knew the Immortal Saint Ancestor and hoped to visit him for help.
• Shi Xian told Shuofeng that Xian Junyu lived far away in the Southern Pole and revealed his identity as a Saint’s First Disciple and Emperor Gouchen.
• Luofeng realized that Shi Xian held the same Heavenly Court title as the Ancestor, and Shuofeng and Luofeng knelt before him.
• Shi Xian explained that he was Xian Junyu’s severed Fallen Soul, an independently thinking clone who was identical to him.

Shi Xian examined Luofeng and revealed that he was destined to become Xian Junyu’s disciple, but Luofeng had to travel to Bihai Immortal Mountain and ask in person. Assured that Xian Junyu would accept him as his First Disciple, Luofeng resolved to make the dangerous journey to save his tribe and the Human Race.

• Shi Xian stopped Shuofeng from kneeling and insisted that the Human Race should not humble itself before him.
• Shuofeng asked Shi Xian to accept his grandson Luofeng as a disciple, and Shi Xian examined Luofeng’s cultivation and praised his talent.
• Shi Xian said Luofeng was destined to become Xian Junyu’s disciple, not his, and explained that Xian Junyu had to approve the apprenticeship himself.
• Shi Xian told Luofeng to travel to Jiangxiao Palace on Bihai Immortal Mountain in the southernmost region and ask Xian Junyu for the Dao.
• Shi Xian assured Luofeng that Xian Junyu would accept him as his First Disciple if he reached the palace, and Luofeng resolved to set out.

Luofeng resolved to travel to Nan Ji’s Bihai Immortal Mountain to meet the Ancestor of Humanity, despite the dangers. Shi Xian gave Shuofeng the Upper Clarity Dao Seeking Art for the Zhifeng Clan and promised to secretly protect Luofeng on the journey.

• Shi Xian warned Luofeng that the journey could kill him and destroy his cultivation, but Luofeng insisted on going and planned to leave the next day.
• After Luofeng withdrew, Shuofeng asked Shi Xian for a cultivation method for the Zhifeng Clan.
• Shi Xian gave Shuofeng a Jade Slip containing the Upper Clarity Dao Seeking Art and restricted its use to the Zhifeng Clan.
• Shi Xian joked that the Saint might wipe out the clan if the method were shared, then reassured Shuofeng that the Saint would not take offense.
• When Shuofeng asked whether Luofeng would die on the way, Shi Xian promised to protect him in secret and escort him toward Bihai Immortal Mountain.

After five hundred years of travel and cultivation, Luofeng reached Bihai Immortal Mountain, where Xian Junyu agreed to accept him as a disciple. Yuan Ling went to the mountain gate to escort Luofeng up.

• Shi Xian secretly arranged for a clone to protect Luofeng as he left the Zhifeng Tribe and traveled toward the Southern Pole.
• Luofeng said farewell to his family and his close friend Xifeng, then left the tribe to seek the Profound Methods and a way to protect his people from demons.
• Over five hundred years, Luofeng advanced from Refining Qi into Spirit to Refining Void into Dao while Shi Xian's clone secretly guided and protected him.
• After Luofeng reached Bihai Immortal Mountain, Shi Xian's clone gave Xian Junyu its memories, revealing Luofeng's fate and Shi Xian's role in guiding him.
• Xian Junyu accepted Luofeng as his disciple and ordered Yuan Ling to meet him at the mountain gate and escort him up.

Luofeng reached Bihai Immortal Mountain and met Xian Junyu, the Human Ancestor he had sought for five hundred years. After Luofeng praised him with a blessing to live as long as Heaven itself, Yuan Ling mistook the words for a curse and prepared to punish him.

• Yuan Ling confirmed that the ragged traveler was Luofeng and escorted him toward his Master’s palace.
• Luofeng accidentally addressed Xian Junyu by name, prompting Yuan Ling to threaten him for disrespecting his Master.
• Luofeng recognized Jiangxiao Palace and entered the main hall, where he saw Xian Junyu for the first time.
• Luofeng knelt and offered Xian Junyu a respectful blessing to live as long as Heaven itself.
• Yuan Ling accused Luofeng of cursing Xian Junyu to die early and raised his hand to attack him.

Luofeng became Xian Junyu’s first disciple and trained at Bihai Immortal Mountain for six thousand years, reaching the peak of the Golden Immortal Late Stage. Xian Junyu then completed ten Soul Lanterns to protect his disciples and had Luofeng place a portion of his soul in one.

• Xian Junyu explained that wishing a Great Immortal a life as long as Heaven was an insult, and Luofeng repeatedly apologized.
• Luofeng asked Xian Junyu to accept him as a disciple so he could gain power to protect the Zhifeng Clan and find a path forward for the Human Race.
• Xian Junyu accepted Luofeng as his First Disciple, gave him a new immortal robe, and bestowed the Nine-Revolving Golden Elixir and Great Dao True Scripture of Shangqing.
• Luofeng formally joined the Interception Sect and trained for six thousand years, reaching the peak of the Golden Immortal Late Stage.
• Xian Junyu finished refining ten cyan Soul Lanterns and summoned Luofeng to the Artifact Refining Room.
• Luofeng placed a portion of his soul in a lantern, which lit up and displayed his name.

Xian Junyu explained the Soul-Protecting Lantern to Luofeng, then refused to let him return to the Zhifeng Tribe because his death tribulation lay with the Human Race. Luofeng learned his clansmen were better protected than he had feared, but remained at Bihai Immortal Mountain under his master's orders.

• Xian Junyu explained that the Soul-Protecting Lantern could hold part of a person's soul and show whether they were alive, while Luofeng privately judged the treasure unimpressive.
• Xian Junyu sent Luofeng away after the two clashed over Luofeng's dismissive reaction to the lantern.
• Luofeng returned and asked to visit the Zhifeng Tribe because he worried about his clansmen and grandfather Shuofeng.
• Xian Junyu told Luofeng that his incarnation had taught the tribe the Upper Clarity Dao Seeking Art and that Shuofeng had entered the Immortal Realm.
• Xian Junyu forbade Luofeng from leaving until he reached the Quasi-Saint Realm, citing the dangers of the Primordial World and concealing that Luofeng's death tribulation lay with the Human Race.

Xian Junyu struggled to meditate because he sensed trouble, then learned that Kui Niu had attacked Bihai Mountain. After recognizing Tongtian's mount, Xian Junyu captured him and began whipping him before hearing why he had come.

• Xian Junyu placed the Soul Lantern aside and tried to cultivate, but an ominous feeling kept him from meditating for three days.
• Daoist Child Yun Guang told Xian Junyu that a powerful ox demon had attacked Bihai Mountain and injured several Daoist Children.
• Xian Junyu found Luofeng and the others surrounding the hornless Green Ox, then recognized him as Kui Niu, Tongtian's mount.
• Kui Niu transformed into a handsome man and said he had forced his way in because he urgently needed to speak with Xian Junyu.
• Xian Junyu ignored Kui Niu's explanation, captured him when he tried to flee, and began whipping him.

Xian Junyu learned that Tongtian and Yuanshi were already fighting after a dispute over a disciple, and realized the conflict had spread between the Chan Sect and the Sect of Interception. He rushed to respond after Kui Niu belatedly delivered the news.

• Xian Junyu whipped Kui Niu for mischief, then invited him to taste peach wine made from Ren Water Peaches.
• Kui Niu admitted that Taiqing had released him from confinement and explained that Tongtian and Yuanshi had begun fighting after Yuanshi disciplined a Sect of Interception disciple.
• Kui Niu told Xian Junyu that the Chan Sect and the Sect of Interception were also fighting, making Xian Junyu furious that he had delayed the warning.
• Xian Junyu used his Immortal Dao Eye to see Tongtian and Yuanshi battling with their weapons in the Primordial's Outer Domain.
• Xian Junyu blamed Kui Niu for the late warning and prepared to return to Mount Kunlun to take charge.

Xian Junyu ordered his disciples to remain at Bihai Mountain, then learned Randeng was at Mount Kunlun and rushed there with Kui Niu to protect the Interception Sect. He arrived to find the mountain devastated and the Chan Sect and Interception Sect locked in a stalemate.

• Luofeng, Yuan Ling, and Yun Guang offered to accompany Xian Junyu, but he forbade them from leaving Bihai Mountain.
• Xian Junyu questioned Kui Niu about Randeng, and Kui Niu confirmed that a Quasi-Saint was at Mount Kunlun.
• Xian Junyu took Kui Niu and used the Flowing Light Escape Technique to hurry toward Mount Kunlun.
• Xian Junyu reflected that Randeng was no match for him and vowed not to let anyone bully the Interception Sect's disciples.
• Xian Junyu reached Mount Kunlun and saw that the Saints' battle had left it barren while the Chan Sect and Interception Sect fought to a stalemate.

Randeng injured the Interception Sect's Four Personal Disciples before Xian Junyu arrived and challenged him. Xian Junyu matched Randeng in a palm exchange and rejected Randeng's claim that he was a martial uncle.

• Randeng defeated Duobao, Jin Ling, and the other Interception Sect disciples while mocking their abilities.
• Laozi sensed a Quasi-Saint approaching and hoped Yu'er would stop the fighting, but Xian Junyu arrived carrying Kui Niu.
• Xian Junyu saw the injured disciples and confronted Randeng, who admitted injuring them.
• Xian Junyu and Randeng exchanged palm strikes, and Randeng retreated farther than Xian Junyu.
• Randeng called himself Xian Junyu's martial uncle, and Xian Junyu scorned him for invoking kinship only after injuring the disciples.

Xian Junyu helped the Interception Sect defeat Ran Deng and the Chan Sect disciples while Tongtian gained the upper hand against Yuanshi. After Laozi stopped the battle, Yuanshi ordered Tongtian to leave Mount Kunlun, and Tongtian led the Interception Sect away.

• Xian Junyu rejected Ran Deng’s appeal for peace and fought him to defend his junior brothers and sisters.
• After three days and nights, Xian Junyu cut off Ran Deng’s arm and captured him, the Twelve Golden Immortals, and Nan Ji, while Tongtian gained the advantage over Yuanshi.
• Laozi intervened when Yuanshi was about to lose, and the Three Pure Ones returned to Mount Kunlun.
• Yuanshi released Nan Ji and the other captives, rebuked Ran Deng, and ordered Tongtian and the Interception Sect to leave Mount Kunlun.
• Tongtian refused to be driven out, declared he had no wish to stay with Yuanshi, and led the Interception Sect disciples away.