Recaps

Tongtian learned that Jieyin and Zhunti had failed to confront Xian Junyu and contacted his eldest disciple on Penglai Island. He teased Xian Junyu about having children with Yun Xiao and urged him to consider Bi Xiao and Qiong Xiao, leaving Xian Junyu trying to change the subject.

• Jieyin and Zhunti gave up confronting Xian Junyu under Tongtian's protection and returned to their Daoist Sanctuary.
• Tongtian received Jin Ling's message, prepared to confront Jieyin and Zhunti, then decided Xian Junyu could handle them himself.
• Tongtian contacted Xian Junyu and Yun Xiao while Xian Junyu was refining pills, and asked Yun Xiao whether she felt at home on Penglai Island.
• Tongtian privately urged Xian Junyu and Yun Xiao to have children so he could become a grandmaster.
• Tongtian suggested that Xian Junyu also marry Bi Xiao and Qiong Xiao, misunderstood his refusal as looking down on them, and scolded him.
• Xian Junyu denied the accusation and asked Tongtian to explain why he had contacted him.

Xian Junyu discussed the Heavenly Court conflict with Tongtian, who warned him to be cautious around Shi Xian and the Human Race Heavenly Emperor. Xian Junyu visited Shi Xian, argued with his avatar about Yun Xiao and romance, then asked about Fuxi’s progress.

• Tongtian told Xian Junyu to endure minor provocations but to stand firm if his enemies crossed the line, and warned him to act cautiously around Shi Xian.
• Xian Junyu realized Shi Xian might attract the attention of Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao if he used the human path to enter the Saint Realm.
• Xian Junyu traveled to Shi Xian’s residence and found him watching Fuxi’s movements.
• Shi Xian teased Xian Junyu about Yun Xiao and complained that the main body enjoyed romance while he was forbidden from doing the same.
• Xian Junyu warned Shi Xian against creating romantic entanglements, then asked about Fuxi.
• Shi Xian reported that Fuxi had begun taking control of his authority and would likely take his position soon.

Xian Junyu warned Shi Xian that the Saints were watching and agreed to let Fuxi complete their martial arts plan. When Yao Ji brought Longji to Penglai to fulfill the thousand-year agreement, Longji’s arrogance led Xian Junyu to reject her apprenticeship.

• Xian Junyu told Shi Xian that martial arts could not stop and offered him the choice of entering Huoyun Cave or letting Fuxi complete the work; Shi Xian accepted the second option.
• Xian Junyu returned to Penglai and watched Fuxi gather the Human Race and deduce the innate Eight Trigrams for more than a thousand years.
• Yao Ji arrived at Penglai with Longji to fulfill the agreement with Haotian, and Xian Junyu invited Yao Ji to stay.
• Longji said Haotian had sent her to become Xian Junyu’s disciple, but her dismissive attitude prompted Xian Junyu to refuse the apprenticeship.

Yao Ji brought Longji to Xian Junyu to fulfill Haotian’s agreement that he would take her as his disciple, but Longji insulted him and refused to apologize. Xian Junyu revealed that he had once competed with Haotian for the position of Heavenly Emperor, leaving Yao Ji and Longji stunned as the confrontation continued.

• Longji tried to leave after dismissing Xian Junyu, but Yao Ji grabbed her and demanded that she apologize.
• Longji refused, criticized Xian Junyu, and insisted that she would rather not return to the Heavenly Court than bow to him.
• Yun Xiao told San Xiao, Luofeng, and Yuan Ling that Haotian had agreed a thousand years earlier for Xian Junyu to take Longji as his disciple.
• Yao Ji threatened to leave Longji behind if she would not seek Xian Junyu’s forgiveness, but Longji continued insulting him.
• Xian Junyu declared that he was Shangqing Tongtian Saint’s direct senior disciple and Emperor Gouchen Shanggong Tianhuang, then revealed that he had once competed with Haotian for the Heavenly Emperor’s position.
• Yao Ji and Longji were stunned by Xian Junyu’s revelation, and Longji began shouting at him again.

Xian Junyu punished Longji for insulting him and overpowered Yao Ji when she tried to intervene. Yun Xiao pleaded for mercy and secured Longji’s release, but Xian Junyu still held Yao Ji accountable for defying him.

• Longji insulted Xian Junyu, who seized her by the throat and lifted her into the air.
• Yao Ji pleaded with Xian Junyu to spare Longji, but he rejected her appeal to Haotian and tightened his grip.
• Yao Ji attacked Xian Junyu, who easily dispersed her strike and seized both her and Longji.
• Yun Xiao arrived with San Xiao and Luofeng and asked Xian Junyu to show mercy.
• Xian Junyu released Longji with a warning, then told Yao Ji that she could be executed for defying her superior.

Xian Junyu spared Yao Ji after Yun Xiao urged him to leave her punishment to the Jade Emperor, then stopped Longji from leaving and made her a menial worker on Penglai. Longji was taken away to begin work, while Xian Junyu revealed he intended to make her pay for offending him.

• Yao Ji admitted her guilt, and Xian Junyu prepared to kill her until Yun Xiao argued that the Jade Emperor should handle her punishment.
• Xian Junyu released Yao Ji with a warning and sent her to the Jade Emperor to accept punishment.
• Longji tried to leave Penglai, but Xian Junyu captured her and refused to let her go.
• Xian Junyu ordered Longji to serve as a menial worker for a few thousand years, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Xian Junyu sent Luofeng to take Longji to Yuan Ling for instructions, then admitted he planned to slowly deal with her.

Xian Junyu insisted on tempering Longji and dismissed Yun Xiao’s concerns about his clash with Yao Ji. After learning how Yao Ji had offended him, Haotian and Yaochi agreed to support Xian Junyu’s authority, and the Heavenly Court issued a decree allowing him to execute anyone who disrespected him without prior notice.

• Xian Junyu rejected the sisters’ pleas to go easy on Longji and said he would break her arrogance through hard work on Penglai Island.
• Yun Xiao worried that Xian Junyu’s treatment of Yao Ji would damage relations with Haotian, but he said he would handle the matter himself.
• Yao Ji returned to the Heavenly Court, reported what happened, and Haotian ordered her to meditate in seclusion for three thousand years.
• After Yao Ji left, Yaochi explained that Xian Junyu had taken offense when Yao Ji welcomed him at the South Heavenly Gate during an earlier banquet.
• Haotian and Yaochi agreed to rectify the Heavenly Court’s attitude toward Xian Junyu, and a decree granted him the right to execute anyone who disrespected him without notifying the Heavenly Realm.

Longji continued serving on Penglai Island while hoping the Heavenly Court would come for her, and Xian Junyu watched the World Purifying White Lotus. Yun Xiao showed him the formation she and her sisters were developing, and he recognized it as the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation.

• Longji complained to Yun Guang and Yuan Di about being watched and kept on Penglai Island, then hurried back to sweeping when Xian Junyu warned her.
• Xian Junyu lamented that the World Purifying White Lotus had not matured.
• Yun Xiao brought Xian Junyu the formation diagram she and her sisters had begun creating.
• Xian Junyu recognized the diagram as the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation and praised the sisters' work.
• Yun Xiao explained that the sisters wanted the formation to help them fight a Saint and support Xian Junyu, and he embraced her.

Xian Junyu began perfecting the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, deciding that its Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams would take shape when Fuxi became Human Emperor. Meanwhile, Shi Xian told Fuxi that he had not finished his task until he unified the entire Human Race.

• Yun Xiao asked Xian Junyu to perfect the formation quickly so she and her sisters could master it and have Tongtian inspect it.
• Xian Junyu entered seclusion and began using his memories of Blue Star and Saint Power to deduce the formation.
• Xian Junyu concluded that the formation would be completed on the day Fuxi took the Human Emperor’s throne.
• Fuxi told Shi Xian that he had gathered nearly ninety percent of the Human Race and reached the peak of Great Luo, but still felt something was missing.
• Shi Xian pointed out that Fuxi had not yet unified the whole Human Race, ended their chess game, and left after urging him not to rush.

Fuxi devoted himself to the Human Race after Luofeng’s guidance, while Luofeng sensed that its flourishing would not last and sought answers about Fuxi’s future. Though Xian Junyu had forbidden Yun Xiao from revealing too much, she let Luofeng ask what she was able to disclose.

• Fuxi took his teacher’s words to heart and committed himself to the Human Race.
• Luofeng praised Fuxi’s leadership but grew uneasy that the Human Race’s prosperity would soon change.
• Luofeng tried to see Xian Junyu, but Yuan Ling turned him away because his master was in seclusion.
• Xian Junyu knew why Luofeng had come but chose not to intervene, then returned to refining the grand array.
• Luofeng asked Yun Xiao about the Human Race and Fuxi’s future, and she warned him that Xian Junyu had told her not to reveal too much.
• Luofeng decided he still wanted to know, and Yun Xiao agreed to tell him anything she could.

Yun Xiao told Luofeng that the Human Race would have seven leaders after Fuxi, giving it eight rulers in total. After Fuxi unified the Human Race, Shi Xian resumed their chess game and answered Fuxi’s question about what mattered most: legacy.

• Yun Xiao told Luofeng that the Human Race would pass through the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors era, with eight rulers in total.
• Luofeng left reassured, while Yun Xiao’s sisters worried that his devotion to the Human Race might bring him a tribulation.
• Fuxi met Shi Xian after unifying the Human Race and asked his teacher to give him the answer he had promised.
• Shi Xian praised Fuxi’s achievements, then asked what Fuxi considered most important for a person.
• Fuxi listed health, safety, family affection, state of mind, kindness, and character, but Shi Xian said he wanted a different answer.
• Shi Xian told Fuxi that the most important thing was legacy, explaining that some things had to be shouldered by those who came before and inherited by those who followed.

Fuxi passed the throne to Lishan, completing his merit and triggering breakthroughs for Fuxi and Shi Xian. As Fuxi regained his past-life memories, he rejected Nuwa’s claim that he was still her brother, and she left to confront the reincarnation cycle.

• Shi Xian told Fuxi to find a successor and entrusted him with mysterious information and objects.
• After a thousand years, Fuxi passed the throne to Lishan at the Fengshan Ceremony, completing his merit and helping Lishan become the Earthly Emperor.
• Fuxi’s merit raised him to the peak of the late Quasi-Saint realm, while the Human Dao helped Shi Xian break through to the Fourth Heaven of the Saint Realm.
• Shi Xian found that martial arts had advanced only to the Martial Emperor Realm and concluded that the Human Race would have to perfect it.
• Fuxi recovered his memories as the Demon Emperor and told Nuwa he was now human and no longer her brother.
• Nuwa left for the Netherworld to demand an explanation from the reincarnation cycle and began resenting Master Tongtian and his disciple.

After Fuxi left with Laozi for Huoyun Cave, Xian Junyu completed the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and taught it to the San Xiao sisters. Just as he emerged from seclusion and prepared to visit Golden Ao Island with them, he sensed Shi Xian arriving near Penglai and went to meet him.

• Laozi used his authority and Saintly pressure to make Fuxi accompany him to Huoyun Cave, while Fuxi resolved to fulfill his Master's expectations.
• Shi Xian erased all traces of his presence and left the Human Race for Penglai.
• Xian Junyu completed the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and transmitted its workings to Yun Xiao, Bi Xiao, and Qiong Xiao.
• Xian Junyu explained that the formation could fight a Saint but could not defeat one, and that it could overwhelm cultivators below the Saint Realm.
• Yun Xiao asked Xian Junyu to have their Master inspect the formation, and he agreed to visit Golden Ao Island after a three-day rest.
• After emerging from seclusion, Xian Junyu sensed Shi Xian nearby and left to meet him.

Shi Xian warned Xian Junyu that Nuwa had entered the Netherworld over Fuxi’s defection to the Human Race, putting a confrontation between Saints at hand. Xian Junyu gathered the people on Penglai Island and hurried to Golden Ao Island, leaving them uncertain about the danger ahead.

• Shi Xian arrived at Penglai Island and argued with Xian Junyu before revealing that he had reached the Saint Realm.
• Shi Xian warned Xian Junyu that Nuwa had entered the Netherworld and might soon confront him and his Master over Fuxi’s defection to the Human Race.
• Xian Junyu absorbed Shi Xian into the Primordial Spirit Lotus and summoned San Xiao, Luofeng, Longji, Yuan Ling, Yun Guang, and Yuan Di.
• Xian Junyu brought everyone aboard Yuan Di and set off for Golden Ao Island, telling Yun Xiao that they would stay there for a few days.
• Longji complained that they had left without packing, while Xian Junyu kept the reason for their sudden trip to himself.

Xian Junyu returned to Golden Ao Island with his family while Tongtian preached, then met his master privately to discuss Fuxi’s return as Human Sovereign. He explained how Nuwa’s elder brother had entered reincarnation and asked Tongtian what they should do.

• Xian Junyu and the Penglai immortals arrived at Golden Ao Island, where they found no one waiting because Tongtian was preaching at Biyou Palace.
• Tongtian privately told Xian Junyu to join the gathering, and Xian Junyu warned Longji not to offend the Shangqing Saint.
• Xian Junyu led the visitors to Biyou Palace, then took a seat on the elevated platform while Tongtian finished preaching and the disciples dispersed.
• Tongtian sent the Penglai immortals to the reception hall and took Xian Junyu to the rear courtyard to ask why he had brought his family.
• Xian Junyu told Tongtian that Fuxi had returned as Human Sovereign after Nuwa’s elder brother entered reincarnation, then asked what they should do.

Tongtian and Xian Junyu discussed how to handle Nuwa, while Nuwa attacked Fengdu City in the Netherworld. Minghe confronted her and demanded that she stop, leaving her assault paused as he faced her.

• Xian Junyu urged Tongtian to avoid making an enemy of Nuwa, and Tongtian agreed to judge the situation when she arrived.
• Nuwa reached Fengdu City and attacked it with her dharma body and Saint Power, destroying buildings and killing Ghost Clan members.
• Minghe learned that Nuwa was attacking and ordered a subordinate to inform the Ghost Emperor Reincarnation.
• Minghe armed himself with Yuantu and Abi, rode the Twelve-grade Karma Fire Red Lotus toward Nuwa, and revealed his peak Quasi-Saint cultivation.
• Nuwa stopped attacking when Minghe confronted her, and he demanded to know whether she understood where she was.

Nuwa confronted Minghe in the Netherworld and quickly defeated him when he tried to block her. Reincarnation arrived to face Nuwa, who accused him and Houtu of conspiring against her.

• Nuwa demanded that Minghe summon Reincarnation and Houtu, then struck Minghe when he challenged her.
• Minghe drew power from the sea of blood and transformed into his Evil Asura form, while Reincarnation watched from Fengdu City and sent a message to Xian Junyu's true body.
• Nuwa struck Minghe with the Red Embroidered Ball before he could defend himself, sending him flying toward Fengdu City.
• Reincarnation caught Minghe, praised his courage, and told him to leave the confrontation to him.
• Nuwa accused Reincarnation and Houtu of conspiring against her when Reincarnation questioned why she had attacked Fengdu City.

Nuwa attacked Reincarnation over her brother’s reincarnation, and their clash devastated Fengdu before Houtu joined the fight. After three days, Nuwa left defeated and threatened to return after dealing with Xian Junyu.

• Nuwa rejected Reincarnation’s explanation and attacked him, while Minghe witnessed the frightening power of Saints.
• Reincarnation countered with the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist, but Nuwa blocked it with the River Diagram of Mountains and Rivers and struck back with the Red Embroidered Ball.
• Nuwa and Reincarnation’s battle destroyed Fengdu and killed Ghost Clan members, prompting Houtu to join the fight and Reincarnation to protect the city with a barrier.
• Xian Junyu asked Tongtian whether they should intervene, but Tongtian told him to let Nuwa vent her anger and wait for a chance to persuade her.
• Nuwa and Houtu fought for three days and nights until Nuwa withdrew after being defeated, threatening to return after dealing with Xian Junyu.

Nuwa confronted Tongtian and Xian Junyu over Fuxi’s return and his allegiance to the Human Race. Tongtian took her to Huoyun Cave, where the misunderstanding was resolved, then returned to Golden Ao Island while Xian Junyu prepared to leave for Penglai.

• Nuwa arrived at Golden Ao Island and accused Xian Junyu of causing Fuxi’s troubles.
• Xian Junyu and Tongtian argued that Fuxi had returned and challenged Nuwa to consider whether anyone had manipulated him into joining the Human Race.
• Nuwa’s anger faded, and Tongtian offered to take her to Huoyun Cave to learn what had happened.
• Tongtian took Nuwa to meet Laozi, and Fuxi helped clear up the misunderstanding.
• Tongtian returned alone to Golden Ao Island and reflected on the bond between Fuxi and Nuwa, while Xian Junyu comforted him and prepared to return to Penglai.

Tongtian kept Xian Junyu at Golden Ao Island and ordered him to join the Jie Sect’s disciples’ exchange conference at Mount Kunlun in three hundred years. As Xian Junyu and Duobao discussed the Chan Sect’s strength, Longji’s boastful interruption prompted Xian Junyu to reprimand her.

• Tongtian told Xian Junyu that Yuanshi had arranged an exchange conference at Mount Kunlun and ordered him to take the field against the Chan Sect’s disciples.
• Xian Junyu reluctantly agreed to travel with Tongtian and the Jie Sect when the conference began.
• Three hundred years later, Xian Junyu asked Duobao what he thought of the upcoming conference as they played chess at Biyou Palace.
• Duobao said that only Nan Ji was a Quasi-Saint among the Chan Sect’s disciples and dismissed the rest as Great Luo Golden Immortals.
• Longji called the Chan Sect weak for having only one Quasi-Saint, and Xian Junyu sharply reprimanded her.
• Luofeng pulled Longji back, and Xian Junyu turned to address Duobao.

Xian Junyu arranged for Duobao to face the Twelve Golden Immortals of Kunlun while he handled Nan Ji, and rejected the other disciples’ requests to join the fight. As Tongtian reconsidered how many disciples to bring to Mount Kunlun, he let Xian Junyu choose the party, including people from Penglai.

• Xian Junyu asked Duobao to face the Twelve Golden Immortals alone and said he would deal with Nan Ji himself.
• Wu Dang, Gui Ling, Bi Xiao, and Qiong Xiao asked to join the trip, but Xian Junyu refused and ended the gathering.
• Tongtian summoned Xian Junyu and proposed taking only a dozen or so disciples to Mount Kunlun.
• Xian Junyu advised bringing the Personal Disciples and Attendant Immortals, then admitted he also wanted to bring people from Penglai.
• Tongtian let Xian Junyu and Duobao decide whom to bring, and Xian Junyu quickly took his leave.

On the journey to Mount Kunlun, Tongtian questioned Xian Junyu about Yuanshi and reconsidered their strained brotherhood. Xian Junyu reminded Tongtian that they followed different paths, leaving Tongtian reassured and more confident in his own course.

• After three hundred years, Tongtian and the Jie Sect Disciples left Golden Ao Island for Mount Kunlun.
• Tongtian asked Xian Junyu to explain what Yuanshi was like, and Xian Junyu said Yuanshi had treated him well despite their different sects.
• Xian Junyu described Yuanshi as arrogant, ruthless, and deeply scheming, prompting Tongtian to reflect on whether he had mishandled their conflict.
• When Tongtian began to question his past choices, Xian Junyu interrupted him and said neither he nor Yuanshi was wrong because they followed different paths.
• Tongtian took Xian Junyu's words to heart, let go of his guilt, and praised his disciple.

Xian Junyu and Tongtian arrived at Mount Kunlun, where memories of their former home stirred old tensions with Yuanshi. Nan Ji and Guang Chengzi finally came to greet them, and Tongtian objected that Yuanshi had not welcomed him personally.

• Xian Junyu recalled how Tongtian had brought him to Mount Kunlun after he first transformed, and reflected on how much had changed.
• Longji asked Luofeng why Tongtian looked sorrowful, and Luofeng warned her not to provoke him.
• Yun Xiao stopped Longji and Luofeng from chatting, and Xian Junyu scolded them for speaking carelessly before a Saint.
• Tongtian complained that no one had come to receive the group at Mount Kunlun.
• Nan Ji and Guang Chengzi arrived with two white crane boys and saluted Tongtian and Xian Junyu.
• Tongtian accused Yuanshi of slighting him, and Nan Ji apologized, explaining that the Chan Sect was busy preparing for the Three Teachings Exchange Conference.

Nan Ji led Tongtian and the Interception Sect Immortals into the exchange assembly at Mount Kunlun, where the gathered cultivators greeted the Saint. Laozi and Yuanshi insisted that Xian Junyu take a Saint’s lotus seat, leaving him unable to keep a low profile as he joined the Three Pure Ones on the elevated platform.

• Xian Junyu and Yun Xiao persuaded Tongtian to stop scolding Nan Ji and enter Mount Kunlun.
• Nan Ji led Tongtian, Xian Junyu, and the Interception Sect Immortals to the exchange assembly, where many Primordial great cultivators had gathered.
• The cultivators stood and saluted Tongtian as he arrived, and Longji witnessed the prestige of a Saint for the first time.
• Laozi invited Xian Junyu to sit in an empty Saint’s lotus seat, but Xian Junyu tried to refuse.
• Yuanshi said the Three Pure Ones had agreed Xian Junyu deserved the seat, and Tongtian ordered his disciple to accept it.
• Xian Junyu brought the San Xiao onto the elevated platform and bowed to greet Laozi and Yuanshi.

Xian Junyu held back Duobao and sent the Interception Sect’s Attendant Immortals and other disciples against the Twelve Golden Immortals of Kunlun. The Interception Sect swept the contest after losing only three matches, leaving Yuanshi furious as Tongtian taunted him.

• Xian Junyu noticed Xuandu and Nan Ji among the guests and considered that he would need to face them himself.
• When Qingxu challenged the gathering, Xian Junyu stopped Duobao from taking the field and ordered the Attendant Immortals to fight first.
• Jin Guang, Qiu Shou, and Ling Ya lost their matches, while Pilu, Jingu Xian Ma Sui, and Wuyun defeated Qingxu, Huang Long, Chi Jingzi, and Guang Chengzi.
• Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao defeated four remaining opponents, and Duobao defeated Taiyi to complete the Interception Sect’s victories over the Twelve Golden Immortals.
• Tongtian praised Xian Junyu’s disciples and mocked Yuanshi, while Xian Junyu stayed silent to avoid provoking an argument.