Recaps

Hu Xiangtian revealed himself as an eighth-grade demonic cultivator and attacked Tianquan City after his sons died. Li Zhōujūn intervened to protect Gong Yi and the city, leaving Hu Xiangtian confronting a powerful opponent.

• After lightning reduced Hu Xiangtian's younger son's body to ash, Hu Xiangtian blamed the new servants and vowed to kill everyone in Tianquan City.
• Hu Xiangtian unleashed his demonic aura, and Gong Yi arrived to stop him after exposing his ties to the Heavenly Heart Demonic Palace.
• Niu Laixi revealed that Ma Zhengyun's bad luck had caused the lightning strikes that killed Hu Xiangtian's sons.
• Hu Xiangtian sent skulls to attack Tianquan City's cultivators, but golden divine lightning from the City Lord's Mansion destroyed them.
• Li Zhōujūn appeared, shielded Gong Yi from Hu Xiangtian's demonic claw, and faced Hu Xiangtian's demand to let him avenge his sons.

Gong Zining arrived and killed Hu Xiangtian, then joined Li Zhōujūn for the Three Thousand Domain Assembly. On the eve of the assembly, the academy deans arrived, and Gong Zining prepared to return to Tianquan Holy Land with Li Zhōujūn.

• Gong Zining killed Hu Xiangtian with a sword strike and met Li Zhōujūn after Gong Yi introduced them.
• Gong Yi invited Ma Zhengyun back to the City Lord's Mansion and offered to suppress his Calamity Physique; Ma Zhengyun agreed.
• Gong Zining took the Spirit Devouring Iron Ore and decided to travel with Li Zhōujūn to the assembly.
• Gong Yi told Li Zhōujūn that she had suppressed Ma Zhengyun's calamity for ten years.
• Lu Jiuyun, Niu Dongwen, and Zhu Xin arrived, and Gong Yi introduced them to Li Zhōujūn and Gong Zining.
• Gong Zining told Gong Yi it was time for her and Li Zhōujūn to return to Tianquan Holy Land.

Li Zhōujūn arrived at the Three Thousand Domain Assembly and learned the rules for its nine rank-based battlefields. As the gates appeared, he planned to take first place in the Ninth-Rank battlefield, and the system offered to help him enter first and bring one person along.

• Gong Yi sent Li Zhōujūn, Gong Zining, and the others to the Assembly platform, where Gong Zining warned Li Zhōujūn about the dangers of the Ninth-Rank battlefield.
• Ping Wanyu insulted Li Zhōujūn over his friendship with Gong Zining, and Gong Zining warned Ping Wanyu not to harm him.
• Three Tianquan Holy Land elders explained the battlefield entry rules, token competition, rewards, and Life-Seeking Stones.
• Li Zhōujūn planned to block the Ninth-Rank battlefield entrance and take tokens from every entrant, while the system promised to help him enter first and bring one person.
• The leading elder opened nine golden gates, and the cultivators prepared to rush into their chosen battlefields.

Li Zhōujūn trapped the Ninth-Rank Dao Lords in his Dragon Bind technique and demanded two Three Thousand Domain Assembly Tokens from each of them. After their combined attack failed to break the chessboard, he entered it himself and challenged all six hundred and fifty to attack him together.

• Li Zhōujūn used his speed to enter the Ninth-Rank Dao Lord battlefield with Gong Zining, then trapped its golden gate with Dragon Bind.
• Chen Lingxi, Ping Wanyu, and the other Ninth-Rank Dao Lords arrived and found themselves trapped; Li Zhōujūn demanded two tokens from each to release them.
• Ping Wanyu and Chen Lingxi attacked the chessboard, but neither they nor the gathered cultivators could damage it.
• Li Zhōujūn walked into the chessboard and invited all six hundred and fifty Ninth-Rank Dao Lords to attack him together.

Li Zhōujūn defeated the assembled Ninth-Rank Dao Lords and secured first place in the battlefield by collecting most of their Three Thousand Domain Assembly Tokens. After Ping Wanyu fled, the Tianquan Holy Land elders considered recruiting and protecting Li Zhōujūn, while Ping Wanyu returned home vowing revenge.

• Ping Wanyu and the other Dao Lords attacked Li Zhōujūn together, but his white-jade palm withstood all their divine abilities without harming him.
• Chen Lingxi conceded defeat and gave Li Zhōujūn two Three Thousand Domain Assembly Tokens, and the other cultivators followed suit.
• Ping Wanyu refused to surrender his tokens, crushed his Survival Stone, and left behind three tokens that Li Zhōujūn collected.
• Li Zhōujūn ended up with 1,304 tokens, securing first place, while Gong Zining left to compete for a top-ten spot.
• The Tianquan Holy Land elders discussed offering Li Zhōujūn an Honorary Elder position and protecting him from Ping Changxin.
• Ping Wanyu returned home furious with Li Zhōujūn and vowed to make him pay.

Li Zhōujūn won first place in the Ninth-Rank Dao Lord battlefield and received his reward, but declined Tianquan Holy Land’s offer to become an Honorary Elder. After the elders left, he spoke with Gong Zining, while Ping Wanyu watched them angrily.

• The battlefield ended, Li Zhōujūn ranked first, and his cultivation advanced to the ninth level of the Daoist realm.
• Elder Zongyan invited Li Zhōujūn to become an Honorary Elder of Tianquan Holy Land, but Li Zhōujūn refused despite the crowd’s astonishment.
• Ping Wanyu sneered at Li Zhōujūn’s refusal and resolved to act against him, explaining that his father had agreed to target Li Zhōujūn because Gong Zining might like him.
• Elder Zongyan gave Li Zhōujūn his first-place reward and offered to help him in the future before leaving with the other elders.
• Gong Zining asked Li Zhōujūn why he declined the invitation and warned that Ping Wanyu would not let their dispute go, while Ping Wanyu watched them with a dark expression.

Li Zhōujūn was ambushed near Cheng Tian City by Ping Wanyu and Ping Changxin, who intended to kill him despite his allies’ warnings. The city’s young woman revealed that her father, Li Tiandi, was a Dao Venerable and the Lord of Cheng Tian City, halting the attack.

• Ping Wanyu and Ping Changxin confronted Li Zhōujūn near Cheng Tian City and threatened to kill him for refusing to become a Tianquan Holy Land Honorary Elder and for getting close to Gong Zining.
• Su Shenhua appeared to protect Li Zhōujūn, but Ping Changxin dismissed his warning and prepared to attack them.
• A young woman arrived and claimed she had a powerful background, but Ping Changxin ignored her and gathered power to strike.
• Li Tiandi’s supreme aura erupted from Cheng Tian City, extinguishing Ping Changxin’s attack as the young woman identified him as her father and the city’s lord.

Li Tiandi rescued Li Zhōujūn and Su Shenhua from Ping Changxin, then summoned them to his hall. He asked Li Zhōujūn to enter a world restricted to Dao Lords and retrieve something, with Li Xin accompanying him.

• Li Tiandi struck from Cheng Tian City and severed Ping Changxin’s right arm, sparing him for the sake of the master of Tianquan Holy Land.
• Li Xin introduced herself to Li Zhōujūn and Su Shenhua, recognized Li Zhōujūn from the Three Thousand Domain Assembly, and led them to Li Tiandi’s hall.
• Li Tiandi tested Li Zhōujūn’s resolve to stand without kneeling, then praised his pride and strength.
• Li Tiandi asked Li Zhōujūn to retrieve an item from a world only Dao Lords could enter and said Li Xin would accompany him.

Li Zhōujūn agreed to retrieve the egg gestating a great demon from the Battlefield of All Heavens, and he entered the battlefield with Li Xin and Su Shenhua. After meeting Su Shenhua’s friend Big Bully, they heard a woman call him “Xiao Tiantian” and threaten him, prompting him to flee.

• Li Tiandi explained that the Battlefield of All Heavens would open in three days and asked Li Zhōujūn to retrieve the egg before it hatched; Li Zhōujūn accepted after receiving a system mission.
• Li Tiandi assigned Su Shenhua to accompany Li Zhōujūn and promised to stabilize the violent power in his body, while he told Li Xin to prepare for the expedition.
• Li Tiandi opened a passage to the battlefield, and Li Xin, Li Zhōujūn, and Su Shenhua traveled through it three days later.
• The three arrived in a horrific battlefield, where Li Xin explained that her childhood trials had prepared her for such places.
• Su Shenhua reunited with his friend Big Bully, a Ninth-Rank Dao Lord whose true form was a Wind Chasing Divine Wolf.
• A woman called Big Bully “Xiao Tiantian” and threatened to chop him to pieces, so he ran away.

Li Zhōujūn and his companions met Xiao Lan and the formidable Gongsun Zhan on the Battlefield of All Heavens, where they were all searching for an egg. After Gongsun Zhan left to continue the search, Xiao Lan parted ways with Li Xin and wished Li Zhōujūn luck against him.

• Xiao Tiantian tried to deny his name, but Xiao Lan confronted him and excitedly recognized Li Zhōujūn as the famous fighter from the Three Thousand Domain Assembly.
• Li Zhōujūn checked in at the Battlefield of All Heavens and advanced to the Third-Rank Dao Lord realm, while Li Xin and Xiao Lan introduced themselves to each other and Su Shenhua.
• Gongsun Zhan arrived and challenged Li Zhōujūn, but skeletal hands erupted from the ground before they could fight.
• Gongsun Zhan crushed the skeletal hands with a stomp and said he would fight Li Zhōujūn after they had searched for the egg.
• Li Xin urged the group to set out, and Xiao Lan chose to search for the egg alone, wishing Li Zhōujūn would defeat Gongsun Zhan.

Li Zhōujūn and Li Xin followed a magical leaf to search for the egg, but encountered a battle between Tianquan Holy Land and Shenqing Palace. When Tong Li threatened Su Shenhua, Li Zhōujūn stood up for him, and Tong Li challenged him to take one move.

• Li Xin used a magical green leaf to lead Li Zhōujūn and Su Shenhua toward the egg.
• The three encountered Chen Lingxi and others from Tianquan Holy Land fighting Shenqing Palace, and Li Xin suggested they avoid the battle.
• Wang Longqi's flying sword cut Su Shenhua's cheek, and Su Shenhua attacked him in anger before Tong Li knocked him away with a folding fan.
• Tong Li defended Shenqing Palace and threatened Su Shenhua, but Li Zhōujūn vowed that Tong Li could not harm him.
• Tong Li recognized Li Zhōujūn and challenged him to take one move.

Li Zhōujūn effortlessly caught Tong Li’s fan strike, secured an apology for Su Shenhua, and continued traveling with Li Xin and Su Shenhua. They reached a blood-cloud vortex where four powerful Dao Lords gathered around a guarded egg, which began cracking before they could approach it.

• Li Zhōujūn caught Tong Li’s thrown fan with ease, earning Tong Li’s respect and leaving the watching cultivators stunned.
• Li Zhōujūn demanded that Wang Longqi apologize to Su Shenhua, and Wang Longqi complied before Tong Li and Shenqing Palace departed.
• Chen Lingxi offered to investigate the Ping Household’s attempt to hunt Li Zhōujūn, alarming Ping Wanyu, and Li Zhōujūn then continued traveling with Li Xin and Su Shenhua.
• The three companions encountered blood clouds and a vortex containing a black-patterned egg, while Gongsun Zhan, Tong Li, Xiang Chongwu, and Huo Zirui gathered before its barrier.
• The egg began cracking, and Tong Li reacted with surprise because fewer than ten days had passed.

The Profound Ghost Celestial Lord emerged from the egg and revealed that he had lured the Dao Lords there to use them as nourishment. After he defeated Tong Li, Gongsun Zhan, Huo Zirui, and Xiang Chongwu with one punch, the system gave Li Zhōujūn a mission to challenge his claim of supremacy.

• The Profound Ghost Celestial Lord emerged from the egg and identified himself as the expert who had lured the Dao Lords into his world.
• The Profound Ghost Celestial Lord declared that he intended to consume the gathered cultivators, while Li Zhōujūn remained calm despite Su Shenhua's fear.
• Tong Li attacked the Profound Ghost Celestial Lord, but his folding fan was casually deflected without harming him.
• Huo Zirui urged Tong Li, Gongsun Zhan, and Xiang Chongwu to join forces, and all four attacked the Profound Ghost Celestial Lord together.
• The Profound Ghost Celestial Lord shattered their combined attacks with one punch, badly injuring all four prodigies.
• The system assigned Li Zhōujūn a mission to make the Profound Ghost Celestial Lord recognize that he was not yet the ruler, offering a breakthrough to the Ninth-Rank Dao Lord realm as a reward.

Li Zhōujūn confronted Profound Ghost Celestial Lord after the latter overwhelmed the four top Dao Lords. He stopped two of Profound Ghost Celestial Lord’s attacks, leaving the gathered cultivators stunned and Profound Ghost Celestial Lord slightly uneasy.

• Li Zhōujūn appeared and reassured Li Xin and Su Shenhua that they would be safe.
• Profound Ghost Celestial Lord attacked Li Zhōujūn with a giant black palm, but Li Zhōujūn blocked it with Divine Light.
• Profound Ghost Celestial Lord turned the palm into black mist that formed a gigantic maw to swallow Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn opened the Divine Eye on his forehead and halted the maw with bolts of golden lightning.
• Xiao Lan and Xiao Tiantian watched Li Zhōujūn display power that rivaled Profound Ghost Celestial Lord.

Li Zhōujūn faced Profound Ghost Celestial Lord’s overwhelming Dharma Form and fought him to a standstill. Profound Ghost Celestial Lord fled, the world’s seal lifted, and Li Zhōujūn reached the Ninth-Rank Dao Lord realm.

• Profound Ghost Celestial Lord summoned a colossal black Dharma Form and attacked Li Zhōujūn, who answered with a jade-white Dharma Form of his own.
• The two Dharma Forms clashed, shaking the Battlefield of All Heavens, while Profound Ghost Celestial Lord sealed the cracks that Dao Lord cultivators tried to escape through.
• Profound Ghost Celestial Lord offered Li Zhōujūn a favor to end their fight, but Li Zhōujūn refused, so Profound Ghost Celestial Lord withdrew and fled through a spatial rift.
• Li Zhōujūn completed his quest and advanced to the Ninth-Rank Dao Lord realm as Profound Ghost Celestial Lord’s departure lifted the seal over the world.
• Su Shenhua, Li Xin, Huo Zirui, and Gongsun Zhan thanked Li Zhōujūn, with Huo Zirui offering him a summoning scroll and Gongsun Zhan inviting him for wine.

After saving everyone in the Battlefield of All Heavens, Li Zhōujūn rejected Li Tiandi’s offer to make him Cheng Tian City’s son-in-law and future master, then prepared to leave. As he stepped into the void, the Soul Refining Hall threatened Cheng Tian City over him, and the system tasked him with preventing its destruction.

• Li Zhōujūn left the Battlefield of All Heavens with Li Xin and Su Shenhua after the four pinnacle Dao Lords praised and thanked him.
• Li Tiandi rewarded Su Shenhua with a Tranquil Heart Seal and offered Li Zhōujūn his daughter’s hand and the future rule of Cheng Tian City, but Li Zhōujūn refused.
• Li Xin spoke with Li Zhōujūn on a watchtower, warning him about Xiang Chongwu, the other pinnacle Dao Lords, and the Profound Ghost Celestial Lord.
• Li Zhōujūn decided to leave Cheng Tian City immediately, while Li Xin worried that her father was anticipating trouble.
• A black-robed man from the Soul Refining Hall demanded that Li Tiandi hand over Li Zhōujūn to be made into a Soul Weapon, and Li Tiandi refused.
• The system gave Li Zhōujūn a mission to prevent Cheng Tian City’s destruction and offered a breakthrough to the Dao Ancestor realm as the reward.

Li Zhōujūn teleported to the Soul Refining Realm and revealed himself as the Azure Emperor while confronting the Soul Refining Hall. The Great Emperor of Soul Refining rushed back to defend his lair, and Li Tiandi began to suspect that Li Zhōujūn and the Azure Emperor were the same person.

• Li Zhōujūn used the system’s coordinates to teleport to the Soul Refining Realm and announced that he was Li Zhōujūn, also known as the Azure Emperor.
• Gu Yujin formed the Chains Locking Souls Great Formation around Li Zhōujūn, but Li Zhōujūn walked free and remained unharmed after the Hall members attacked him.
• Gu Yujin contacted the Great Emperor of Soul Refining, who broke off his confrontation with Li Tiandi and hurried back to the Soul Refining Hall.
• Li Xin told Li Tiandi that Li Zhōujūn had once called himself the Azure Emperor, leading Li Tiandi to consider whether they were the same person.
• Li Tiandi decided to go to the Soul Refining Realm to investigate Li Zhōujūn’s identity.

Li Zhōujūn overwhelmed the Soul Refining Hall, but its Great Emperor returned and invoked a protective talisman to summon King Senluo. King Senluo threatened Li Zhōujūn as Li Tiandi headed to the Soul Refining Realm to uncover whether the Azure Emperor was really him.

• Li Zhōujūn wielded the Ao Xue Flying Sword to hold off the Soul Refining Hall’s combined attack, while Gu Yujin killed a cultivator who urged the others to flee.
• Gu Yujin revealed that the Great Emperor of Soul Refining served King Senluo, and the system raised Li Zhōujūn’s cultivation to the First-Rank Dao Sect realm.
• The Great Emperor of Soul Refining returned, mistook Li Zhōujūn’s identity, and warned him to leave before Li Zhōujūn refused to back down.
• The Great Emperor of Soul Refining used King Senluo’s protective talisman, summoning King Senluo, who threatened to kill Li Zhōujūn and add his skull to his throne.
• Li Tiandi set out for the Soul Refining Realm to learn whether the Azure Emperor was truly Li Zhōujūn.

Li Zhōujūn defeated King Senluo’s sword strike and forced the Great Emperor of Soul Refining to hand Ye Qi over to Luo Liufeng. Li Tiandi then arrived at the Soul Refining Hall, leaving the Great Emperor facing another humiliation.

• Li Zhōujūn blocked King Senluo’s sword ray, and the talisman gate shattered as his cultivation rose to Third-Rank Dao Venerable.
• Luo Liufeng arrived and demanded that the Great Emperor of Soul Refining release Ye Qi, explaining that she had come for her disciple Luo Zhenxue’s sake.
• The Great Emperor of Soul Refining yielded to Luo Liufeng’s threat and sent Ye Qi out of the void.
• Ye Qi thanked Luo Liufeng and Li Zhōujūn, while Luo Liufeng told him to stop seeking Luo Zhenxue and focus on becoming the Glazed Jade God Clan’s future leader.
• The Great Emperor warned that King Senluo would target the Glazed Jade God Clan, and Li Tiandi appeared at the Soul Refining Hall.

Li Zhōujūn revealed himself as the Azure Emperor and helped bring the Soul Refining Hall to the brink of destruction. After leaving Ye Qi outside the Soul Refining Realm, Li Zhōujūn departed while King Senluo resolved to kill him and began drawing power from his skull throne.

• Li Tiandi arrived to help the Azure Emperor, then realized Li Zhōujūn was the powerful expert who had attacked the Soul Refining Hall.
• Li Zhōujūn refused Great Emperor of Soul Refining's offer to serve him, noting that he had betrayed King Senluo.
• Luo Liufeng declared that she would destroy the Soul Refining Hall because her clan held an irreconcilable blood feud with King Senluo.
• Li Zhōujūn brought Ye Qi out of the Soul Refining Realm but declined to take him as a disciple.
• King Senluo vowed to take Li Zhōujūn's head and drew energy from his skull throne.

Li Zhōujūn reached the Three Kings Domain and watched a dispute involving Luo Zhenxue, Luo Haojie, Yuanshan, and Ye Qi unfold in an inn. Ye Qi recognized Li Zhōujūn as the Azure Emperor, shocking everyone present.

• The system tasked Li Zhōujūn with storming King Senluo’s territory, and he traveled to the Three Kings Domain without teleporting.
• In No Man’s Land, Li Zhōujūn overheard Luo Haojie and Luo Zhenxue discussing the domain and realized she might be Luo Liufeng’s disciple.
• Yuanshan confronted Luo Haojie over Ye Qi’s relationship with Luo Zhenxue, and both men revealed Ninth-Rank Dao Lord auras.
• Ye Qi arrived, pulled Yuanshan back, and pretended not to know Luo Zhenxue because he lacked the backing to challenge the Glazed Jade God Clan.
• Ye Qi noticed Li Zhōujūn at a nearby table and recognized him as the Azure Emperor, startling Yuanshan, Luo Zhenxue, and Luo Haojie.

Li Zhōujūn met Luo Jiushang, the childlike ancestor of the Glazed Jade God Clan, who scolded Ye Qi for his cowardice toward Luo Zhenxue and sent him and Yuanshan away. Luo Jiushang then learned Immortal Doctor Miao might restore his appearance and warned Li Zhōujūn against confronting King Senluo inside the Senluo Death Domain.

• Ye Qi and the others paid their respects to Li Zhōujūn, who asked Luo Zhenxue about her master.
• Luo Jiushang arrived, introduced himself as the Glazed Jade God Clan's ancestor and King Luo, and shared a toast with Li Zhōujūn.
• Luo Jiushang criticized Ye Qi for hiding his feelings for Luo Zhenxue, then sent Ye Qi and Yuanshan far away.
• Luo Zhenxue told Luo Jiushang that Immortal Doctor Miao would visit in about a month and might have found a way to restore his original appearance.
• Luo Jiushang warned Li Zhōujūn not to fight King Senluo inside the Senluo Death Domain.

Li Zhōujūn entered the Senluo Death Domain despite Luo Jiushang’s warnings and confronted King Senluo. He matched King Senluo’s power and shattered his bone spear, while a blue-haired, snake-tailed woman appeared beside Luo Jiushang.

• Luo Jiushang warned Li Zhōujūn not to fight King Senluo in the Senluo Death Domain before leaving with Luo Zhenxue and Luo Haojie.
• Li Zhōujūn arrived at the Senluo Death Domain and saw a vision of King Senluo slaughtering an army to create the Path of Achievement.
• Luo Jiushang appeared and tried to dissuade Li Zhōujūn, but he stepped onto the bone road and entered the domain.
• King Senluo confronted Li Zhōujūn, mocked Luo Jiushang, and formed a spear from countless dried bones.
• Li Zhōujūn activated his Fifty-Fifty ability, matched King Senluo’s cultivation, and shattered the spear with a punch.
• Luo Jiushang realized Li Zhōujūn could fight King Senluo, then tried to flee when a blue-haired, snake-tailed woman appeared beside her.

Lin Xiuxiang reunited with Luo Jiushang while Li Zhōujūn faced King Senluo, who unleashed his full Senluo Death Prison technique. Li Zhōujūn challenged the attack to move him even slightly, leaving Luo Jiushang and Lin Xiuxiang stunned by his confidence.

• Lin Xiuxiang tried to hug and tease Luo Jiushang, who told her Li Zhōujūn was his friend and that he was fighting King Senluo.
• King Senluo recognized Li Zhōujūn’s strength and summoned the Senluo Death Prison, filled with the souls of enemies he had killed.
• Luo Jiushang warned Li Zhōujūn that the attack had once nearly destroyed him and was now far stronger.
• Observers across the Dao Realm saw Li Zhōujūn confronting King Senluo, and the Profound Ghost Celestial Lord abandoned his plan to seek revenge.
• Li Zhōujūn declared that he would stand still and count any movement caused by King Senluo’s attack as his defeat.
• Luo Jiushang and Lin Xiuxiang questioned Li Zhōujūn’s confidence, and Luo Jiushang insisted his old eyes were not failing.

Li Zhōujūn survived King Senluo’s devastating attack unharmed, completed his mission, and gained cultivation to the Sixth-Rank Dao Sect Realm. He left the Senluo Death Domain, while the system assigned him a new mission to visit King Senluo daily until he paid compensation.

• King Senluo’s palace strike crashed down on Li Zhōujūn, but Li Zhōujūn emerged uninjured and astonished the watching experts.
• The system announced Li Zhōujūn had completed his mission and raised his cultivation to the Sixth-Rank Dao Sect Realm, then tasked him with visiting King Senluo every day until he compensated him.
• Li Zhōujūn told King Senluō that their business was not over, then left the Senluo Death Domain instead of continuing the fight.
• King Senluō assumed Li Zhōujūn had been bluffing and returned to his lair, while Luo Jiushang and Lin Xiuxiang asked whether Li Zhōujūn was injured.
• Li Zhōujūn assured Luo Jiushang and Lin Xiuxiang that he was fine, then left.