Recaps

Laozi arranged for Xian Junyu, Xuandu, and Nan Ji to fight together, with Xuandu and Nan Ji facing Xian Junyu two against one. As the three entered the arena, the Interception and Chan Sect disciples began trading insults, while Xian Junyu kept his Saint Realm cultivation secret.

• Yuanshi and Tongtian argued until Laozi rebuked them both and proposed that the three chief disciples fight together.
• Tongtian accepted the proposal, and Yuanshi agreed despite doubting that Xuandu and Nan Ji could defeat Xian Junyu.
• Laozi summoned Xian Junyu, Xuandu, and Nan Ji to the arena, and Duobao stepped aside.
• Yun Xiao worried that Xian Junyu would be outnumbered, but he reassured her and entered the arena.
• Xuandu and Nan Ji stood together opposite Xian Junyu, prompting Duobao and the Interception Sect disciples to accuse the Human and Chan Sects of shamelessness.
• The Chan and Interception Sect disciples exchanged insults as the contest was about to begin.

At the Three Teachings Exchange Conference, Xian Junyu faced Xuandu and Nan Ji together and boldly claimed he could defeat even the entire Interception Sect. He effortlessly blocked their opening attacks and sent them flying, leaving the contest unresolved.

• Laozi ordered Tongtian and Yuanshi to stop their disciples from arguing, and the sects fell silent.
• Xuandu and Nan Ji apologized for joining forces, but Xian Junyu welcomed the challenge and boasted of his strength.
• Yuanshi blamed Tongtian for Xian Junyu's arrogance, prompting an argument that Laozi and the Western Saints helped end.
• Xuandu and Nan Ji attacked Xian Junyu from both sides, but an invisible force stopped their palms before they could reach him.
• Xian Junyu sent Xuandu and Nan Ji flying with his presence, and they steadied themselves after retreating dozens of steps.

Xian Junyu faced Xuandu and Nan Ji in the arena and proved completely immune to their attacks. He overwhelmed both Two-Corpse Quasi-Saints with his strength and speed, leaving them driven into the ground.

• Xuandu and Nan Ji attacked Xian Junyu with mud and divine thunder, but he emerged unharmed.
• The onlookers mistook Xian Junyu for a peak Three-Corpse Quasi-Saint, while Xuandu and Nan Ji refused to give up.
• Xian Junyu said he had allowed them three moves and began advancing toward them.
• Xuandu and Nan Ji struck him with their full Immortal Power, but he continued forward without being affected.
• Xian Junyu punched both men into the air, caught up with them, and drove them into the ground with punches to their stomachs.

Xian Junyu decisively defeated Xuandu and Nan Ji, winning the title of First Disciple of the Three Teachings and drawing praise for Tongtian. After Yuanshi scolded Nan Ji and invited Xian Junyu to remain on Mount Kunlun, Tongtian prepared to leave, but Laozi asked him to stay.

• Xian Junyu defeated Xuandu and Nan Ji, and the Sect of Interception disciples celebrated his victory.
• Zhen Yuanzi and the other powerful figures praised Tongtian for teaching Xian Junyu, while Yuanshi grew furious.
• Xian Junyu carried Xuandu and Nan Ji to the Five Saints and declared the exchange over; Laozi and Yuanshi ended the gathering.
• Laozi revived Xuandu and Nan Ji, but Yuanshi knocked Nan Ji unconscious again and ordered Chan Sect disciples to take him away.
• Yuanshi invited Xian Junyu to stay on Mount Kunlun, prompting Tongtian to prepare to leave.
• Laozi asked Tongtian to stay so the three brothers could spend time together.

Tongtian agreed to visit the Jade Void Palace for Laozi’s sake, while Xian Junyu reunited with Xuandu and destroyed his former residence to sever his ties to the past. After the gathering, the factions returned home, and Laozi asked Xuandu about his match with Xian Junyu, whose power Xuandu described as belonging to the Sub-Saint Realm.

• Tongtian relented when Laozi appealed to their family ties and went with him to the Jade Void Palace.
• Xuandu apologized to Xian Junyu for underestimating his cultivation, and Xian Junyu wondered why Laozi had sent him to the gathering.
• Xian Junyu stopped at his former residence on Mount Kunlun and erased it before Yun Xiao and Luofeng could enter.
• The group discussed the Dao at the Jade Void Palace for a hundred years, then Tongtian and the Interception Sect party returned to Golden Ao Island while Laozi took Xuandu to Shouyang Mountain.
• Laozi asked Xuandu about his match with Xian Junyu, and Xuandu called him overwhelmingly strong and identified his realm as Sub-Saint.

Xian Junyu relaxed in Biyou Palace with Bi Xiao, Qiong Xiao, Luofeng, and Longji while discussing Randeng and the Chan Sect. Tongtian overheard their gossip and summoned Xian Junyu, reprimanding him in front of Yun Xiao.

• Laozi warned Xuandu to remain neutral in the Conflict between Chan and Jie, saying neither of them should help either sect.
• Xian Junyu rested in Biyou Palace's rear courtyard while Bi Xiao and Qiong Xiao fanned him, and he corrected Qiong Xiao for calling him brother-in-law.
• Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao mocked Randeng for his low standing in the Chan Sect, and Xian Junyu explained Yuanshi's favoritism toward the Twelve Immortals of Kunlun.
• Tongtian summoned Xian Junyu after overhearing the conversation, then scolded him for gossiping about others with his junior sisters.

Tongtian summoned Xian Junyu to discuss the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and warned that its power could burden Yun Xiao and her sisters with deadly cause and effect. Yun Xiao defended her husband, and Tongtian demanded that Xian Junyu explain why he had made the formation.

• Tongtian reprimanded Xian Junyu, then praised the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation while claiming it reflected his own teachings.
• Tongtian identified the formation’s only flaw: its power could inflict cause and effect too great for Yun Xiao and her sisters to bear.
• Xian Junyu explained that killing a powerful cultivator brought a corresponding tribulation, which could destroy someone whose cultivation was insufficient.
• Yun Xiao defended Xian Junyu when Tongtian accused him of creating a formation that could get her and her sisters killed.
• Tongtian silenced Yun Xiao and demanded that Xian Junyu explain himself, threatening to deal with him personally if he could not.

Xian Junyu cleared up Tongtian’s suspicion that he had endangered Yun Xiao, then spent two thousand years refining pills and preaching at his master’s insistence. After earning the Laws of Demonic cultivation and Destruction, he finally left Golden Ao Island with Yun Xiao and the Penglai immortals, determined to rest.

• Xian Junyu explained that he had already solved the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation’s problem, and Tongtian realized his disciple had surpassed him in formations.
• Tongtian asked Xian Junyu to become the Human Emperor’s master, but Xian Junyu declined so Duobao could take the role.
• Tongtian ordered Xian Junyu to refine pills and preach the Dao, then kept assigning him work for two thousand years; Xian Junyu gained the Law of Demonic cultivation and the Law of Destruction.
• Tongtian demanded another thousand water-element Golden Cores, and Xian Junyu left Golden Ao Island with Yun Xiao and the Penglai immortals.
• Yun Xiao questioned whether leaving without telling Tongtian was appropriate, and Xian Junyu said his master had deliberately worked him like an ox and horse.

Wen Zhong delivered Jin Ling’s warning that Yao Ji had descended to the mortal realm and disappeared, prompting Xian Junyu to suspect the Western Saints had arranged the incident to pressure Haotian. Xian Junyu agreed to visit the Heavenly Court, leaving Yun Xiao to watch Luofeng and ridicule Yao Ji.

• Wen Zhong visited Xian Junyu and relayed Jin Ling’s message that Yao Ji had not returned after pursuing a divine flood dragon in the mortal realm.
• Xian Junyu suspected the Two Saints of the West had brought Yao Ji’s fate forward to draw Haotian into their plans.
• Xian Junyu reassured Wen Zhong that he would go to the Heavenly Court, though he wanted to think briefly before leaving.
• Yun Xiao asked Xian Junyu about Yao Ji and mocked her for allegedly violating the Heavenly Rules.
• Xian Junyu flew to the Heavenly Court and asked Yun Xiao to keep an eye on Luofeng.

Xian Junyu reached the Heavenly Court ahead of Wen Zhong, where a new gate guard failed to recognize him and Heavenly Slave neglected his duty to welcome him. After punishing Heavenly Slave and sparing the guards, Xian Junyu met Haotian at Yaochi, leaving Haotian to notice his injured attendant.

• Xian Junyu arrived at the South Heavenly Gate, where a new Heavenly Soldier blocked him and demanded an access token or escort.
• Heavenly Slave and an old Heavenly Soldier hurried to the gate, and Heavenly Slave struck the new guard after learning that Xian Junyu was Great Emperor Gouchen.
• Xian Junyu reprimanded and injured Heavenly Slave, then spared the two gate guards and ordered Heavenly Slave to lead him inside.
• Heavenly Slave led Xian Junyu to Yaochi, where Haotian welcomed him and noticed that Heavenly Slave was wounded.

Haotian summoned Xian Junyu to discuss his sister Yao Ji, who had developed desire after outside interference that they suspected came from Jieyin and Zhunti. Haotian wanted Tongtian’s help to save her, but Xian Junyu refused to involve the Interception Sect, leaving Haotian to pursue his own decision.

• Haotian killed Heavenly Slave for offending Xian Junyu, destroying his soul before he could explain himself.
• Haotian told Xian Junyu that Yao Ji had descended to the mortal world and developed desire, and asked what he thought had caused it.
• Xian Junyu concluded that someone had interfered with Yao Ji and identified a Saint, likely Jieyin and Zhunti, as the culprit.
• Haotian revealed that his own clues also pointed to the Two Saints of the West and asked how to resolve the matter.
• Xian Junyu warned that the Heavenly Court could not challenge the Saints or rely on Tongtian without offering a price, and said the Interception Sect could not help.
• Haotian admitted he still wanted to save Yao Ji, while Xian Junyu left him to follow his own wishes.

Xian Junyu watched the Heavenly Court’s attack on Yao Ji’s family and secretly arranged for Yang Jian and Yang Chan to survive. After Xuanming took Yao Ji to the Heavenly Court, Xian Junyu revived the siblings and confirmed they were alive.

• Xian Junyu refused Haotian’s request to take charge of the matter but followed Prince Xuanming and Marshal Tianpeng to watch Yao Ji’s family.
• Xuanming and the heavenly soldiers killed Yang Tianyou and Yang Jiao, while Zhunti secretly seized their souls and fled after sensing Xian Junyu’s Saint Realm pressure.
• Yao Ji handed the Heavenly Eye to Yang Jian before Xuanming captured her.
• Xian Junyu instructed Tianpeng to use the Age-Accelerating Palm on Yang Jian and Yang Chan, and Tianpeng made the siblings appear dead.
• After Xuanming took Yao Ji and withdrew the troops, Xian Junyu awakened the siblings and confirmed they had regained their vitality.

After Yang Jian and Yang Chan left Guangjiang Pass to seek Xian Junyu as their master, Xian Junyu secretly arranged for Luofeng to protect them while Yuanshi sent Yu Ding to find Yang Jian. Back on Penglai, Xian Junyu received a Heavenly Eye call from Jin Ling and Tianpeng, who began to explain why Tianpeng had requested the contact.

• Yang Jian vowed to learn skills and save his mother, then set out with Yang Chan to walk to Penglai's Three Immortal Islands.
• Xian Junyu concealed the siblings' traces from the Heavenly Dao and returned to Penglai, where he ordered Luofeng to escort them safely.
• Yuanshi sensed that his fated disciple had appeared early and sent Yu Ding to Guangjiang Pass to find him.
• Jin Ling connected Xian Junyu and Tianpeng through the Heavenly Eye, and Tianpeng began quietly explaining his request.

Luofeng waited on the East Sea coast for Yang Jian and his sister while Yu Ding returned to Mount Kunlun without finding his intended disciple. Xuanming and Tianpeng arrived with heavenly soldiers to intercept the siblings, and Xuanming ordered Luofeng to leave.

• Tianpeng told Xian Junyu that Xuanming had uncovered Yang Jian and his sister’s matter, and Xian Junyu agreed to take responsibility while Tianpeng stalled the Jade Emperor and Xuanming.
• Yu Ding returned to Mount Kunlun after failing to find Yang Jian, and Yuanshi could not divine where he had gone before dismissing Yu Ding.
• Yang Jian and his sister traveled toward the East Sea coast, where Luofeng waited and chatted with local fishermen.
• Xuanming and Tianpeng arrived at the shore with heavenly soldiers to intercept the siblings, and Xuanming ordered Luofeng to leave.

Luofeng confronted Xuanming over the Heavenly Court’s pursuit of the Yang Jian siblings, while Marshal Tianpeng tried to keep their dispute from turning into a fight. After sensing the siblings approaching, Luofeng tried to leave, but Xuanming ordered the heavenly soldiers to surround him.

• Luofeng traded insults with Xuanming after Tianpeng recognized him as Great Emperor Gouchen’s disciple.
• Xuanming and Luofeng drew their golden swords, but Tianpeng stopped them and led them to a nearby pavilion.
• Xuanming accused Luofeng of helping the wanted Yang Jian siblings, while Luofeng denied involvement and invoked his Master and Saint Shangqing.
• Luofeng sensed that the Yang Jian siblings were approaching and stood to leave.
• Xuanming suspected Luofeng planned to warn the siblings and ordered the heavenly soldiers to surround him.

Xuanming traveled to Penglai to meet Emperor Gouchen, while Luofeng secretly diverted Yang Jian and Yang Chan away from Xuanming’s search. At Penglai’s entrance, Xuanming lost his temper and attacked the attendants, but Yuan Ling stopped his sword with two fingers.

• Luofeng escaped Xuanming, prompting Xuanming to lash out at Tianpeng and threaten him with consequences from the Heavenly Court.
• Tianpeng warned Xuanming that he would have to face Venerable Jin Ling, and Xuanming fell silent before setting off for Penglai.
• Luofeng found Yang Jian and Yang Chan and used illusion magic to alter their route so they would not encounter Xuanming.
• Xuanming arrived at Penglai and asked its attendants to inform Emperor Gouchen, but they checked their notebooks and did not recognize him.
• Xuanming drew his sword against the attendants after they insulted him, but Yuan Ling caught the blade between two fingers.

Xuanming visited Penglai to ask Xian Junyu not to accept Yao Ji’s children as disciples and to allow Heavenly Court troops to ambush them nearby. Xian Junyu and Yun Xiao staged a confrontation that left Xuanming intimidated, while Yuan Ling was ordered to punish the gatekeeping Daoist Children.

• Yuan Ling stopped Xuanming from attacking the gatekeeping Daoist Children, rebuked them, and escorted Xuanming into Penglai.
• Xian Junyu ordered Yuan Ling to send the two Daoist Children to the Cliff of Reflection for five hundred years, though Yuan Ling planned to delay carrying out the punishment.
• Xuanming explained that Yang Jian and his siblings had survived and asked Xian Junyu not to accept them as disciples or let Heavenly Court troops ambush them near Penglai.
• Xian Junyu signaled Yun Xiao, who denounced Xuanming, threatened any Heavenly Soldiers approaching within a hundred li, and smashed the jade table.
• Xian Junyu released his peak Quasi-Saint pressure, driving back Yun Xiao’s pressure and making Xuanming retreat, drenched in sweat.

Xuanming left Penglai after Xian Junyu refused to help him ambush the Yang Jian siblings, then learned from Haotian why the Heavenly Court feared provoking Xian Junyu. Meanwhile, Yang Jian and Yang Chan reached the East Sea and prepared to build a raft, where disguised Luofeng approached them and began drawing out their story.

• Xian Junyu and Yun Xiao turned Xuanming away, and Xuanming returned to the Heavenly Court to ask Haotian to intervene.
• Haotian angrily rebuked Xuanming for provoking Xian Junyu, then explained why he was wary of the Great Emperor.
• Xuanming resumed hunting the Yang Jian siblings with little enthusiasm.
• Yang Jian and Yang Chan reached a harbor and decided to build a raft to cross the East Sea.
• Luofeng, disguised as a kindly old man, used a spell to guide Yang Chan into asking him for help and telling him about their family.

Luofeng taught Yang Jian and Yang Chan the Water Evasion Technique so they could escape the Heavenly Court’s pursuit, then secretly guided them toward Penglai. Two years later, the siblings reached Penglai and were greeted by Luofeng in his true appearance.

• Luofeng taught Yang Jian and Yang Chan the Water Evasion Technique, and they quickly mastered it.
• Luofeng vanished, and Yang Jian realized he was an Immortal who had come to help them; the siblings set out through the East Sea to repay his kindness one day.
• Luofeng secretly watched over the siblings as they traveled, while Haotian let the pursuit lapse after Xian Junyu intervened.
• After two years, Yang Jian and Yang Chan spotted Penglai, reached the island, and confirmed their arrival at its stone stele.
• Luofeng appeared before the celebrating siblings, who recognized him and knelt in obeisance.

Yang Jian and Yang Chan arrived at Penglai seeking instruction so Yang Jian could save their mother, and Xian Junyu offered to accept them into the Interception Sect. After they agreed, a new lotus bud began growing beside the World Purifying White Lotus, drawing Xian Junyu’s attention.

• Luofeng welcomed Yang Jian and Yang Chan to Penglai and brought them to his master, Xian Junyu.
• Xian Junyu learned that Yang Jian wanted to gain abilities to save his mother and offered both siblings discipleship in the Interception Sect, giving them time to decide.
• When the siblings entered Penglai, a new lotus bud began growing in the Three Lights Pool, and Xian Junyu suspected Yang Chan was the cause.
• After staying on Penglai for a day, Yang Jian and Yang Chan chose to join the Interception Sect.
• Xian Junyu ordered Luofeng to notify the three islands and prepare a ceremony for the siblings to pay respects to the Sect Master the next day.

Luofeng asked Xian Junyu to help him become Human Emperor so he could aid the suffering Human Race, but Xian Junyu violently refused. Luofeng remained kneeling outside his master's room for a year, still seeking permission to leave Penglai.

• After cultivating in Penglai for thousands of years, Luofeng asked Xian Junyu for permission to leave the island.
• Xian Junyu repeatedly ordered Luofeng to leave, but Yun Xiao urged her husband to hear him out.
• Luofeng explained that the Human Race had fallen into disunity and begged Xian Junyu to help him become Human Emperor.
• Furious, Xian Junyu struck Luofeng twice, leaving him unconscious before Bi Xiao treated him.
• Luofeng returned to kneel outside Xian Junyu's room, and he continued without eating or drinking for a year.

Luofeng insisted on leaving Penglai to pursue the Human Emperor’s path and help the Human Race, despite Xian Junyu warning that he lacked the destined fate and might die. Xian Junyu severed their master-disciple bond to protect the Jie Sect, and Yun Xiao followed Luofeng into the clouds with a box entrusted to her.

• Yun Xiao persuaded Xian Junyu to bring Luofeng inside after he had knelt at Penglai’s entrance for a year.
• Luofeng declared that he would leave to seek the Human Emperor’s position and aid the Human Race, even after Xian Junyu warned that he could fail or lose his life.
• Xian Junyu agreed to let Luofeng go but disowned him and forbade him from invoking Xian Junyu’s or the Jie Sect’s name.
• Luofeng kowtowed to Xian Junyu, who sent him out of Penglai, where he lingered above the Three Immortal Islands.
• Xian Junyu sent Yun Xiao out with a box containing ten Golden Cores, and she found Luofeng in the clouds and reassured him that his master had his reasons.

Luofeng left Penglai with Yun Xiao’s Golden Cores and his master’s concealed offer of a way back, then became the Human Race’s ruler as Holy Lord. His rise provoked Yuanshi, who sent Randeng and Nan Ji to confront Xian Junyu about Luofeng’s role in the Five Emperors era.

• Yun Xiao gave Luofeng ten Nine Revolutions Great Luo Golden Elixirs and warned him that anyone who took one would lose the chance to advance further.
• Yun Xiao told Luofeng he could return to Penglai if strange phenomena appeared, while omitting that he would first have to accept punishment.
• Luofeng bowed farewell and left Penglai in tears; Xian Junyu praised his commitment and revealed that his earlier anger had been an act.
• The Zhifeng Tribe chose Luofeng as its leader, and he used ten Eternal Great Luo Immortal Generals to unify the Human Race and become its Holy Lord.
• Yuqing blamed Tongtian for Luofeng’s rise and sent Randeng and Nan Ji to question Xian Junyu.
• Randeng angrily challenged Xian Junyu, who ignored him and instead offered tea to Nan Ji.

Xian Junyu told Nan Ji that the Jie Sect would not intervene in Luofeng’s affairs, and Nan Ji reported his stance to Venerable Yuanshi. Later, Tongtian questioned Xian Junyu about Luofeng, and Xian Junyu said he had done all he could and had expelled Luofeng to keep the sect uninvolved.

• Xian Junyu intimidated Randeng into sitting down, then told Nan Ji that Luofeng had been struck from the rolls and the Jie Sect would not interfere in his affairs.
• Nan Ji reported Xian Junyu’s words to Venerable Yuanshi, who ordered him to watch the junior brothers refine a weapon for dealing with Luofeng.
• Tongtian summoned Xian Junyu to Golden Ao Island and questioned him about Luofeng while they played chess formed from formations.
• Xian Junyu told Tongtian that Luofeng’s life-and-death tribulation could not be avoided and that he had expelled him to keep the sect uninvolved.
• Tongtian’s Saint Power erupted and destroyed the formation chessboard.

Luofeng brought his five-year-old daughter, Luoling, to his secret chamber, where Xian Junyu recognized her and bestowed the Great Dao True Scripture of Shangqing. Two years later, strange phenomena began appearing across the Sacred City, and Luofeng realized the moment he had been warned about might be approaching.

• Luofeng took Luoling to his secret chamber and told her to kneel before Xian Junyu's portrait to seek permission to enter the Immortal Dao.
• Xian Junyu sent immortal light from Penglai into Luoling, granting her the Great Dao True Scripture of Shangqing as his recognition.
• Luoling and Luofeng thanked Xian Junyu, but the portrait burned away, and Luofeng destroyed the secret chamber rather than replace it.
• Two years later, Xian Junyu caused strange phenomena to appear, and Luofeng heard reports of livestock dying and plants blooming out of season.
• Luofeng recalled his Master's Wife's warning and wondered whether his time was finally approaching.