Recaps

Lin Xuan emerged from seclusion to protect the Three Sisters of Sanxiao, then led the Interception Sect through a series of raids on the Saints’ homes while keeping Golden Ao Island hidden. As Tongtian’s rift with the other Saints became final, Hongjun dismissed their demand to erase Lin Xuan, leaving them unable to find him.

• Lin Xuan saved the Three Sisters of Sanxiao from Primordial Heavenly Venerate, wounded him, and returned with them to Golden Ao Island.
• After Tongtian was taken to Zixiao Palace, Lin Xuan led the Interception Sect and concealed Golden Ao Island with formations that thwarted the Saints’ search.
• Lin Xuan and the Three Sisters of Sanxiao looted Kunlun Mountain and Jade Void Palace, taking their treasures and leaving the Twelve Golden Immortals behind.
• Lin Xuan exposed Chang'er Dingguang Immortal’s betrayal, killed him, and used the golden lotus to draw the Saints toward an illusion of Golden Ao Island.
• Lin Xuan led the Interception Sect in raiding Laozi’s Eight Sceneries Palace and Mount Sumeru, taking their treasures while leaving Xuandu unconscious and Randeng dead.
• The Saints discovered their sanctums had been stripped and failed to locate Lin Xuan through their combined deductions, so they sought Hongjun’s intervention.
• Tongtian severed his ties with Yuanshi and Taishang, and Hongjun dismissed the Saints without agreeing to erase Lin Xuan.

Lin Xuan attained Great Dao sainthood, strengthened the Interception Sect, and claimed the Chaos Bell while seeking treasures to restore the Chaos Green Lotus. After killing Ancestor Minghe and the Asura Clan, he went to confront Haotian in the Heavenly Court.

• Lin Xuan proved the Dao in the Chaos, comprehended the Great Dao of Strength through Pangu’s past, and returned to Golden Ao Island as a Great Dao Saint.
• Lin Xuan preached to the Interception Sect, advanced his disciples, distributed treasures, and joined the thirty-six Sea-Calming Divine Pearls with the Chaos Bead.
• Lin Xuan found and refined the Chaos Bell in the Chaos, while Lu Ya and disciples sent by the Saints searched for it but found nothing.
• Lin Xuan decided to seek treasures to restore the Chaos Green Lotus and went to the Blood Sea to demand Ancestor Minghe’s Karma Fire Red Lotus and Xuan Yuan Water Control Banner.
• Lin Xuan defeated and killed Ancestor Minghe, destroyed the Asura Clan, and took Minghe’s four Innate Spiritual Treasures.
• Empress Pingxin ordered Yu Lei and Shen Tu to seize the Blood Sea and sent Meng Po to search for the being with Pangu’s bloodline, while the Saints failed to identify Lin Xuan as Minghe’s killer.
• Lin Xuan arrived at the South Heaven Gate, immobilized its guards, and entered the Heavenly Court, leaving the general Old Qian dead from fright.

Lin Xuan gathered treasures and allies before leading the Interception Sect into open conflict with the Chan Sect and killing Yuanshi. He brought Kunlun Mountain to Golden Ao Island, where he prepared to preach the Dao as tensions with Hongjun continued.

• Lin Xuan took Yaochi’s Plain Cloud World Banner, discovered the World-Ending Black Lotus on Mount Buzhou, and killed True Person Huang Long and Ksitigarbha, provoking the Chan Sect and Western Sect.
• Meng Po brought Lin Xuan to Houtu, who allied with him and gave him the Witch Clan’s treasury, including the World-Destroying Millstone and Pangu Hall.
• Lin Xuan revealed Yuanshi’s plan to burden the Interception Sect with the tribulation, armed its disciples, and led them against the Chan Sect at Juelong Ridge.
• Lin Xuan revealed his Sainthood, defeated Yuanshi’s Evil Corpse, and sent the Chan Sect disciples to the Investiture of the Gods before imprisoning the Evil Corpse in Pangu Hall.
• Lin Xuan destroyed Yuanshi’s Evil Corpse with the World-Destroying Millstone, killed Immortal Weng of the South Pole, and shared merit that raised more than twenty Interception Sect disciples to Quasi-Saints.
• Lin Xuan attacked Kunlun, defeated Yuanshi’s Good Corpse, and killed Primordial Heavenly Venerate despite Xuandu’s plea for mercy.
• Lin Xuan gathered Kunlun Mountain’s earth veins, lifted the mountain to Golden Ao Island, and merged it with the island as the Interception Sect prospered.
• Lin Xuan announced that he would preach the Dao, while Tongtian accused Hongjun of manipulating the Profound Sect’s internal strife and Hongjun silenced him.

Lin Xuan defeated Taishang and dismantled Buddhism, moved the western continent, and resisted Hongjun’s schemes as he established an independent Interception Sect Heavenly Court. The arc ended with the four Saints and Luohu facing Lin Xuan, who summoned Pangu’s True Body through the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Banners.

• Lin Xuan accepted Ao Xue as his disciple, became Dao partners with Houtu, and helped purify her Ancestral Witch blood essence.
• Lin Xuan crushed Taishang Laojun, made the Dragon Clan join the Interception Sect, and abolished the Human Sect before defeating Laozi and enslaving Taishang Laojun.
• Lin Xuan combined the Taiji Diagram, Chaos Banner, and Chaos Bell to receive Pangu’s complete inheritance, then reached Hunyuan Eighth Heaven.
• Lin Xuan destroyed Zhunti and Jieyin’s Buddhist foundations, took the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit, and moved the western continent to the East Sea around Golden Ao Island.
• Luohu corrupted Nuwa, who attacked humanity and the Interception Sect, but Lin Xuan confronted her and awakened the consciousness she had sealed away.
• Lin Xuan separated the Interception Sect from the Profound Sect and established its Heavenly Court, appointing Zhao Gongming Supreme Jade Emperor and reviving fallen disciples as gods.
• Hongjun sent Laozi, Zhunti, Jieyin, and Nuwa to kill Lin Xuan with Luohu’s help, and Lin Xuan answered their attack by summoning Pangu’s True Body with the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Banners.