Recaps

Li Zhōujūn arrived at Dao Tian Immortal Palace and met Xue Yousheng, the Snow Emperor, who welcomed him as a prodigious ascended talent. Xue appointed him a Star-Class Elder and sent him to his new residence on Cloud Bridge Mountain.

• Mu Taiyu led Li Zhōujūn to the Elder Hall and explained Xue Yousheng’s place in Dao Tian Sect’s history.
• Xue Yousheng received Li Zhōujūn and asked about the sect, then warned him to keep a low profile in the Immortal Realm.
• Xue appointed Li Zhōujūn a Star-Class Elder and gave him a Star Iron Token and his yearly cultivation resources.
• The token revealed that Li Zhōujūn’s residence was on Cloud Bridge Mountain, and Mu Taiyu returned to the main gate.
• Li Zhōujūn followed the token’s guidance toward Cloud Bridge Mountain.

Li Zhōujūn accepted Bai Wei’s invitation to help escort examination candidates from Tianxing City after the system issued him a mission. He arrived at Cloud Bridge Palace, where Chan Yi and Zhu Ling were assigned to serve him, and began reading about Dao Tian Immortal Palace.

• Bai Wei, Zhang Zishi, and Gong Mingjie asked Li Zhōujūn to fill the missing Star-Class Elder position on their Spirit Ship escort mission.
• Li Zhōujūn accepted Bai Wei’s invitation after receiving a system mission, and Bai Wei promised him one hundred Sect Contribution Points.
• Li Zhōujūn agreed to meet Bai Wei and the others in one month aboard Spirit Ship Number A-Nineteen.
• Li Zhōujūn arrived at Cloud Bridge Palace and allowed Chan Yi and Zhu Ling to stay and cultivate there while helping him when needed.
• Li Zhōujūn toured Cloud Bridge Palace and began reading a book about Dao Tian Immortal Palace.

Li Zhōujūn welcomed Zhang Zishi, who warned him that the Blood Slaughter Demon Hall might ambush Dao Tian Immortal Palace’s spirit ship. As they drank together, Zhang Zishi’s wife Shu Menglan arrived and waited outside Cloud Bridge Palace to speak with him.

• Li Zhōujūn invited Zhang Zishi into Cloud Bridge Palace after Chan Yi told him the elder had come to visit.
• Zhang Zishi warned Li Zhōujūn that the Blood Slaughter Demon Hall might attack the spirit ship traveling from Tianxing City to Sky Dome Mountain.
• Zhang Zishi shared Immortal Lord's Drunkenness with Li Zhōujūn, and the two began drinking over roast chicken.
• Shu Menglan arrived looking for Zhang Zishi and learned that he was drinking with Li Zhōujūn.
• Shu Menglan agreed to wait outside while Zhu Ling went to report her arrival to Li Zhōujūn.

Li Zhōujūn let Shu Menglan borrow his study to discipline her drunken husband, Zhang Zishi, then agreed to keep an eye on him during their trip to Tianxing City. In Tianxing City, the Blood Slaughter Demon Hall planned an ambush against Dao Tian Immortal Palace’s disciple-recruitment ships.

• Zhang Zishi sobered when he learned his wife, Shu Menglan, had arrived, but Shu Menglan dragged him into Li Zhōujūn’s study and beat him for drinking.
• Shu Menglan asked Li Zhōujūn to watch Zhang Zishi during their journey to Tianxing City and keep him from drinking; Li Zhōujūn agreed.
• Demon Venerable Ku Gu ordered the Tianxing City Blood Slaughter Demon Hall to attack four Spirit Ships carrying Dao Tian Immortal Palace’s recruitment party.
• Demon Venerable Ku Gu explained that the Hall Master would hold off the Immortal Palace’s Emperor-level experts while he restrained Great Sun Elder, enabling the attackers to retreat safely.

Li Zhōujūn set out with Dao Tian Immortal Palace’s fleet to Tianxing City to receive candidates for the disciple examination. The fleet arrived safely, and Shi Hanchi began organizing the candidates under the pressure of his Ninth-Rank Immortal Venerable power.

• Li Zhōujūn drank the chicken soup Chan Yi brought him, then left for the Spirit Ship Hall plaza while she and Zhu Ling stayed behind to cultivate.
• Zhang Zishi said goodbye to Shu Menglan, who warned him not to drink on the Spirit Ship, and Li Zhōujūn joined Zhang Zishi, Bai Wei, and Gong Mingjie before they boarded.
• Li Zhōujūn boarded his Spirit Ship and went to his private rest room as a hundred ships departed Dao Tian Immortal Palace; Zhang Zishi kept a blue paper flower to give Shu Menglan later.
• The fleet arrived at Tianxing City after three hours, where tens of thousands of examination candidates had gathered; Xue Yousheng attended to protect Li Zhōujūn, while the Dark Hall Master welcomed his help.
• Shi Hanchi announced that the candidates would be inspected in groups of one thousand and threatened anyone who caused trouble, then released his Ninth-Rank Immortal Venerable pressure over the plaza.

Dao Tian Immortal Palace’s fleet set out from Tianxing City with Li Zhōujūn aboard, while Blood Slaughter Demon Hall prepared an ambush. The fleet was trapped in a Void World, where Xue Yousheng and the Dark Hall Master faced Demon Emperor Chongshan.

• Li Zhōujūn recognized Liu Yangze during the boarding inspection and told the disciple to inspect him as usual.
• Dao Tian Immortal Palace’s hundred Spirit Ships departed Tianxing City carrying the examination candidates.
• Demon Venerable Ku Gu and Blood Slaughter Hall’s demonic cultivators concealed themselves in the Sky Dome Mountain Range and prepared to scatter and capture the ships.
• Xue Yousheng and the Dark Hall Master discussed their escort mission as the fleet approached the ambush site.
• A Void World cut off the fleet, and Demon Emperor Chongshan appeared before Xue Yousheng and the Dark Hall Master.

Snow Yousheng and the Dark Hall Master were overwhelmed by Demon Emperor Fu Can after Demon Emperor Chongshan summoned his clone. Meanwhile, the Dao Tian Immortal Palace examination convoy was ambushed, but Spirit Ship No. A-19, carrying Li Zhōujūn, had not yet been attacked.

• Snow Yousheng clashed with Demon Emperor Chongshan and drove him back, while the Dark Hall Master watched for a chance to assist.
• Demon Emperor Chongshan summoned Demon Emperor Fu Can with a skull token, and Fu Can's clone shattered Snow Yousheng's ice dragon.
• Fu Can struck Snow Yousheng and the Dark Hall Master with a demonic palm, breaking Snow Yousheng's tortoiseshell and gravely wounding them.
• The story returned to Spirit Ship No. A-19, where Liu Yangze and Luo Xinyi noticed the ship had left the formation and the other ships had disappeared.
• Demon Venerable Ku Gu had activated the Heaven-Concealing Grand Array and attacked the convoy, but Spirit Ship No. A-19 remained untouched while Li Zhōujūn spoke with Bai Wei, Zhang Zishi, and Gong Mingjie.

Li Zhōujūn used an Immortal Emperor Experience Card on his clone so it could enter the Emperor-grade Sumeru Token World and rescue Xue Yousheng and the Dark Hall Master. The clone arrived just as Fu Can Demon Emperor was about to strike, and introduced himself as the Azure Emperor.

• Bai Wei said Spirit Ship No. A19 had not been attacked, but the other ships might be under assault, and Zhang Zishi worried about his wife aboard No. A20.
• The system told Li Zhōujūn that Xue Yousheng and the Dark Hall Master were trapped with Fu Can Demon Emperor, and tasked his clone with saving them.
• Li Zhōujūn applied the First-Rank Immortal Emperor Experience Card to his clone and sent it through the barrier of the Emperor-grade Sumeru Token World.
• As Fu Can Demon Emperor prepared to strike Xue Yousheng and the Dark Hall Master, Li Zhōujūn's azure-robed clone tore open the barrier and entered.
• The clone faced Demon Emperor Chongshan and identified himself as the Azure Emperor.

Li Zhōujūn’s clone, appearing as the Azure Emperor, fought Fu Can Demon Emperor’s clone to a draw and protected Xue Yousheng and the Dark Hall Master. After both clones dispersed, Li Zhōujūn gained Immortal King cultivation aboard Spirit Ship Number Nineteen, which Bai Wei revealed had been pulled into an Emperor-grade Sumeru World.

• Li Zhōujūn’s Azure Emperor clone deflected Demon Emperor Chongshan’s attack and clashed with Fu Can Demon Emperor’s demonic tiger, ending their exchange in a draw.
• Fu Can Demon Emperor sent a demonic sparrow, dragon, and Black Tortoise at Li Zhōujūn, who trapped them in his chessboard Emperor’s Law and dispersed them with falling star-like pieces.
• Fu Can Demon Emperor and Li Zhōujūn’s clones dispersed, and Xue Yousheng and the Dark Hall Master thanked the Azure Emperor for saving them.
• Demon Emperor Chongshan attacked Xue Yousheng and the Dark Hall Master again after the Azure Emperor vanished.
• Li Zhōujūn awakened aboard Spirit Ship Number Nineteen and received a system reward that raised his cultivation and Ao Xue Flying Sword to First-Rank Immortal King.
• Bai Wei announced that Spirit Ship Number Nineteen had been pulled into an Emperor-grade Sumeru World.

Li Zhōujūn revealed his Seventh-Rank Immortal King cultivation and forced the Blood Slaughter Demon Hall attackers to retreat, saving the examinees aboard the Spirit Ship. Just as the danger seemed to pass, Demon Emperor Chongshan was hurled from the void, badly wounded.

• Bai Wei, Li Zhōujūn, Zhang Zishi, and Gong Mingjie confronted six Blood Slaughter Demon Hall cultivators who had surrounded the Spirit Ship.
• The examinees panicked at the enemy’s Seventh-Rank Demon King, while Bai Wei vowed to protect them until the Emperor-grade Sumeru World collapsed.
• Li Zhōujūn offered to hold off the enemy, then revealed a Seventh-Rank Immortal King aura and went Fifty-Fifty with the leading Demon King.
• Bai Wei prepared to attack alongside Li Zhōujūn, but the Blood Slaughter Demon Hall’s leader ordered a retreat and withdrew with his subordinates.
• A figure burst from the void, vomiting blood, and Bai Wei recognized him as Demon Emperor Chongshan.

The Snow Emperor drove off Demon Emperor Chongshan, killed Demon Venerable Ku Gu, and destroyed the Blood Slaughter Hall’s remaining forces and trapped Spirit Ships. The chapter then showed the attack on Spirit Ship No. 20, where Shu Menglan was pierced and Gao Yunxin was badly wounded as she fought to protect the examinees.

• Demon Emperor Chongshan escaped by crushing a Void Token after taunting Xue Yousheng, and the Snow Emperor refused to pursue him.
• Xue Yousheng killed Demon Venerable Ku Gu and used his Immortal Soul power to destroy the Emperor-grade Sumeru Tokens holding three Spirit Ships and annihilate the Blood Slaughter Hall’s forces.
• Before Spirit Ship No. 20 was attacked, Gao Yunxin ordered Shu Menglan and the other elders to evacuate the examinees, but demon cultivators ambushed them aboard the ship.
• A concealed Sixth-Rank Demon King pierced Shu Menglan through the chest, prompting Gao Yunxin and the other elders to fight the attackers.
• Gao Yunxin struggled against the Sixth-Rank and Fifth-Rank Demon Kings until the Fifth-Rank Demon King sliced off her left arm.

Xue Yousheng destroyed the demons attacking the spirit ships and rescued the cultivators, while Gao Yunxin tried to save the mortally wounded Shu Menglan. After reassuring Li Zhōujūn and discovering his apparent rise to Immortal King, Xue Yousheng left the ship and revealed that his battle with Demon Emperor Chongshan had badly injured him.

• The Immortal Emperor's power shattered the Void Token world and annihilated the Sixth-Rank Demon King and his subordinates as Gao Yunxin captured a remnant of Shu Menglan's Immortal Soul, hoping the Longevity Fruit could save her.
• Xue Yousheng landed on Spirit Ship No. 19, checked that Li Zhōujūn was unharmed, and told him the demons had been destroyed.
• Xue Yousheng noticed Li Zhōujūn's apparent First-Rank Immortal King cultivation, and Li Zhōujūn claimed he had gained an opportunity that let him conceal his true cultivation.
• Li Zhōujūn declared his loyalty to Dao Tian Immortal Palace, and Xue Yousheng said he trusted him before leaving the ship.
• Xue Yousheng coughed up blood in the void and admitted that Demon Emperor Chongshan had nearly beaten him, while the Hall Master of Dark Hall questioned why he had kept up appearances.

Demon Emperor Chongshan rewarded Qu Kuang for retreating, while Zhang Zishi learned that his grievously wounded wife Shu Menglan would die unless she received a Longevity Fruit. Li Zhōujūn gave them one and urged Zhang to cherish her, leaving her fate in his hands.

• Demon Emperor Chongshan praised Qu Kuang for preserving Blood Slaughter Hall's strength, punished him by ordering him to reach the Demon Emperor Realm within a hundred years, and gave him a Myriad Infant Pill.
• At Sky Dome Mountain, Zhang Zishi hurried to No. 20 Spirit Ship and learned from Gao Yunxin that Shu Menglan had been mortally wounded and needed a Longevity Fruit within three days.
• Zhang Zishi visited Shu Menglan and recalled their childhood together as she lay unconscious with a grievous chest wound.
• Li Zhōujūn arrived and told Zhang that Shu Menglan had always wanted him to be happy, then revealed that he had a Longevity Fruit.
• Li Zhōujūn left the Longevity Fruit on the table and departed, while Zhang Zishi and Gao Yunxin stared after him in surprise.

Li Zhōujūn healed Shu Menglan with the Longevity Fruit, received system rewards, and learned that a powerful being was about to escape from the Demon Sealing Cave. At the Dao Tian Immortal Palace, Yue Qingdai prepared to go to the cave while Xue Yousheng agreed to oversee the palace.

• Zhang Zishi fed Shu Menglan the Longevity Fruit, and her wound began to heal as its demonic aura faded.
• The system raised Li Zhōujūn to the Third-Rank Immortal King Realm and upgraded the Ao Xue Flying Sword to a Third-Rank Immortal King Weapon.
• Li Zhōujūn spoke with Gao Yunxin, then returned to Spirit Ship No. A-19 after learning Shu Menglan was out of danger.
• The system warned Li Zhōujūn that a powerful existence was about to escape from the Demon Sealing Cave and directed him to go there and sign in.
• The Dark Hall Master and Xue Yousheng told Yue Qingdai about the attack by Demon Emperor Chongshan and Fu Can Demon Emperor’s clone, and she ordered the Dark Hall Master to stop investigating the Azure Emperor.
• Yue Qingdai told Xue Yousheng that the being in the Demon Sealing Cave was about to awaken, then left him in charge of the Dao Tian Immortal Palace.

Li Zhōujūn left the others and encountered Mu Taiyu, Wu Haoqi, and Lin Dongkui on a mission to gather Moisturizing Immortal Grass. The Blackwater Snake Demon ambushed the disciples after eating the grass and breaking through to Seventh-Rank Heavenly Immortal, leaving Lin Dongkui badly wounded and Wu Haoqi defeated.

• Li Zhōujūn told Bai Wei he had matters to handle and flew away from Spirit Ship No. 19.
• Wu Haoqi explained that he and Lin Dongkui would handle the Sixth-Rank Heavenly Immortal Blackwater Snake Demon while Mu Taiyu watched.
• Wu Haoqi, Lin Dongkui, and Mu Taiyu found the Moisturizing Immortal Grass missing and were ambushed by black-water arrows.
• Lin Dongkui shoved Wu Haoqi and Mu Taiyu out of danger but was struck and grievously poisoned by the arrows.
• The Blackwater Snake Demon revealed it had eaten the grass and advanced to Seventh-Rank Heavenly Immortal before attacking the disciples.
• Wu Haoqi charged the demon but was sent crashing through the trees, leaving Mu Taiyu to protect the wounded Lin Dongkui.

Li Zhōujūn saved Mu Taiyu, Wu Haoqi, and Lin Dongkui from a Blackwater Snake Demon, then continued toward the Demon Sealing Cave. Yue Qingdai intercepted him and sent him back to the Dao Tian Immortal Palace, prompting him to rush back toward her.

• Li Zhōujūn killed the Blackwater Snake Demon and purged its poison from Lin Dongkui's wounds.
• Mu Taiyu and Wu Haoqi thanked Li Zhōujūn and were shocked to learn he had Third-Rank Immortal King cultivation.
• Yue Qingdai watched Li Zhōujūn and realized he was heading toward the Demon Sealing Cave.
• Yue Qingdai warned Li Zhōujūn that the Demon Sealing Cave was forbidden, then used her power to send him back to the Dao Tian Immortal Palace.
• Li Zhōujūn flew back toward the place where Yue Qingdai had stopped him.

Li Zhōujūn continued toward the Demon Sealing Cave while Yue Qingdai confronted the imprisoned Demon Emperor Xi Yang and replenished the seal. Xi Yang remained trapped, boasting that he could defeat the Azure Emperor if freed.

• Li Zhōujūn learned that the Fifty-Fifty ability activated automatically only in life-threatening danger and resumed traveling under the system’s aura concealment.
• Yue Qingdai reached the Demon Sealing Cave and found parts of the Heaven Sealing Array weakening.
• Demon Emperor Xi Yang taunted Yue Qingdai and mocked Ling Tianzi, who had helped seal him away.
• Yue Qingdai reminded Xi Yang that the Heaven Burying Empress had once beaten him and two other ancient Demon Emperors.
• Yue Qingdai poured her magic power into the array and refused Xi Yang’s promises of peace, while he claimed he could crush the Azure Emperor once freed.

Li Zhōujūn arrived at the Demon Sealing Cave and used the system’s power to enter the Heaven Sealing Array and confront Demon Emperor Xi Yang. He revealed himself as the Azure Emperor, leaving Yue Qingdai stunned by his apparent Ninth-Rank Third-Realm cultivation.

• The system ordered Li Zhōujūn to fight Demon Emperor Xi Yang for three days and three nights and gave him two uses of Method of Array Breaking and Shuttle.
• Li Zhōujūn reached the Demon Sealing Cave as Demon Emperor Xi Yang threatened to destroy Dao Tian Immortal Palace and the Azure Emperor.
• Yue Qingdai tried to send Li Zhōujūn away, but he matched Demon Emperor Xi Yang Fifty-Fifty and gained his cultivation, resisting her attempt.
• Demon Emperor Xi Yang taunted Li Zhōujūn to enter the Heaven Sealing Array, and Li Zhōujūn used the system item to pass through it.
• Yue Qingdai and Demon Emperor Xi Yang were shocked when Li Zhōujūn entered the array, and Li Zhōujūn identified himself as the Azure Emperor.

Li Zhōujūn revealed himself as the Azure Emperor and fought Demon Emperor Xi Yang inside the Demon Sealing Cave. Their equal strength left both badly wounded, and Xi Yang could not persuade Li Zhōujūn to stop.

• Demon Emperor Xi Yang realized Li Zhōujūn was the Azure Emperor, while Yue Qingdai doubted the revelation until Li Zhōujūn unleashed his signature Immortal Eradication ability and Ninth-Rank Third-Realm aura.
• Li Zhōujūn attacked Xi Yang, who defended himself with a Golden-Winged Great Peng phantom, and the two proved evenly matched.
• Li Zhōujūn used Heavenly Fate to seal the void and bombard Xi Yang with Chess Pieces, but Xi Yang endured the assault.
• Yue Qingdai wondered how Li Zhōujūn had become so powerful before the age of five hundred and feared the consequences of the battle.
• Li Zhōujūn and Xi Yang fought hand to hand until both were covered in wounds, and Xi Yang pleaded to stop while Li Zhōujūn kept punching.

Li Zhōujūn fought Demon Emperor Xi Yang in the Demon Sealing Cave for days until Xi Yang defeated himself to make the beating stop. Afterward, Yue Qingdai revealed her identity and accepted Li Zhōujūn into Dao Tian Immortal Palace, keeping his identity as the Azure Emperor secret.

• Li Zhōujūn fought Demon Emperor Xi Yang for three days and nights, completing his mission and receiving Sixth-Rank Immortal King cultivation and an upgraded Ao Xue Flying Sword.
• When Demon Emperor Xi Yang taunted Li Zhōujūn to keep fighting, Li Zhōujūn resumed the battle; after another day and night, Xi Yang struck himself with his own sword to end it.
• Li Zhōujūn left the Heaven Sealing Array and warned Yue Qingdai to stay away from the dangerous area, then realized she was likely Dao Tian Immortal Palace's palace master.
• Yue Qingdai questioned why Li Zhōujūn had joined Dao Tian Immortal Palace, and he said he followed his own heart and could have released Demon Emperor Xi Yang if he meant the palace harm.
• Yue Qingdai identified herself, agreed to let Li Zhōujūn join while concealing his identity, and promised the treatment owed to a Ninth-Rank, Third-Realm Immortal Emperor.
• Li Zhōujūn assured Yue Qingdai that he bore no ill will toward Dao Tian Immortal Palace and said he had grown up in the lower realm's Dao Tian Sect.

Li Zhōujūn left the Demon Sealing Cave with Yue Qingdai after taking Demon Emperor Xi Yang’s Ninth-Rank Tier 2 Emperor Artifact sword. Back at Dao Tian Immortal Palace, Yue Qingdai told Snow Yousheng that Xi Yang had been beaten nearly half to death.

• Yue Qingdai asked Li Zhōujūn why her sleeve had sent him flying, but he teased her instead of explaining.
• The system told Li Zhōujūn to take Demon Emperor Xi Yang’s sword, so he returned to the Demon Sealing Cave and claimed it after Xi Yang let go.
• Li Zhōujūn called Yue Qingdai a little girl as they returned to Dao Tian Immortal Palace, despite her asking him to show respect for her as Palace Master.
• Demon Emperor Xi Yang waited until Li Zhōujūn and Yue Qingdai had left, then cursed Li Zhōujūn behind a soundproof array.
• At Sky Dome Hall, Yue Qingdai told Snow Yousheng that Demon Emperor Xi Yang had been beaten nearly half to death, and Snow Yousheng doubted her.

Yue Qingdai revealed that Li Zhōujūn was the Azure Emperor, leaving Xue Yousheng stunned while he pretended he had already known. Meanwhile, Duàn Cāngqióng completed a jade-colored soft armor for Li Zhōujūn, and Yan Xuanqing agreed to deliver it to him.

• Yue Qingdai told Xue Yousheng that Li Zhōujūn was the Azure Emperor, and Xue Yousheng concealed his shock before returning to prepare for secluded cultivation.
• Li Zhōujūn returned to Cloud Bridge Palace, where Chan Yi and Zhu Ling welcomed him and prepared a chicken he had requested.
• A Lightning Tribulation struck the Ninth-Rank Immortal Emperor Artifact Duàn Cāngqióng had forged for Li Zhōujūn, leaving Duàn Cāngqióng in a crater but allowing the jade-colored soft armor to emerge successfully.
• Duàn Cāngqióng gave Yan Xuanqing the task of delivering the armor to Li Zhōujūn, and Yan Xuanhong quickly withdrew his offer to go instead.

Li Zhōujūn agreed to join Bai Wei, Gao Yunxin, and Ji Xiuyang in capturing a Sixth-Rank Immortal King evil cultivator after the system issued him a mission. As the three elders departed, Yue Qingdai suddenly appeared beside him again.

• Yan Xuanqing set off carrying the Emperor Armor and a Jade Talisman that could locate Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn wondered whether Liu Yangze had entered Dao Tian Immortal Palace while drinking chicken soup in Cloud Bridge Palace.
• Chan Yi brought Bai Wei, Gao Yunxin, and Ji Xiuyang to meet Li Zhōujūn, and Gao Yunxin invited him to join their mission to capture a Sixth-Rank Immortal King evil cultivator.
• Li Zhōujūn accepted after the system issued him the mission, and Bai Wei arranged for the group to meet outside the Elder Hall in three days.
• Ji Xiuyang questioned Li Zhōujūn's strength until Bai Wei revealed that he was a Seventh-Rank Immortal King.
• After the three elders left, Yue Qingdai appeared beside Li Zhōujūn through a ripple in space.

Li Zhōujūn joined Dao Tian Immortal Palace as a Supreme Elder and set out with Bai Wei, Gao Yunxin, and Ji Xiuyang to hunt the shape-shifting evil cultivator Immortal King Xie Yu. The group chose Ji Xiuyang to disguise himself as a woman and lure Xie Yu out, leaving him dreading the preparations aboard the Spirit Ship.

• Yue Qingdai gave Li Zhōujūn a Supreme Elder Token, and he accepted the position while continuing to take missions of any rank.
• Li Zhōujūn met Ji Xiuyang, Bai Wei, and Gao Yunxin at the Elder Hall, and the group departed by Spirit Ship for Nantai City.
• Bai Wei explained that Immortal King Xie Yu used the Thousand Faces Technique and was likely to target Nantai City.
• Li Zhōujūn, with Bai Wei and Gao Yunxin's support, praised Ji Xiuyang's looks and proposed using him as a woman to bait Xie Yu.
• Ji Xiuyang reluctantly agreed, and Bai Wei and Gao Yunxin prepared makeup and women's clothing while he trembled at the edge of the Spirit Ship.

Bai Wei, Li Zhōujūn, Gao Yunxin, and Ji Xiuyang reached Nantai City to set a trap for Immortal King Xie Yu, disguising Ji Xiuyang as a woman to draw him out. Xie Yu spotted Ji Xiuyang and followed him toward a riverbank, confident in his newly attained Seventh-Rank Immortal King strength.

• Bai Wei outlined the plan for Ji Xiuyang to lead Xie Yu toward them while she and Gao Yunxin followed and Li Zhōujūn stayed hidden in reserve.
• The group arrived in Nantai City at night, where Bai Wei shared that Xie Yu had a black mole on his neck.
• Ji Xiuyang walked ahead in his disguise, adjusted his gait at Bai Wei's instruction, and knocked down a young man and his guards when they harassed him.
• Immortal King Xie Yu, disguised as an old candied-hawthorn seller, noticed Ji Xiuyang's strength and followed him after changing into a handsome young man.
• Bai Wei directed Ji Xiuyang to a sparsely populated riverbank, sensing that Xie Yu was about to appear.