Recaps

Li Zhōujūn and Cháng Yì confronted Gu Baide and Gu Jingxiang at the Hidden Immortal Sect, while Zhao Wuhua fled rather than risk offending the Reincarnation Pavilion. After his mission raised his cultivation to the First Order of the Immortal Realm, Li Zhōujūn spared Gu Baide and Gu Jingxiang on the condition that they dance for him.

• Cháng Yì rebuked Gu Jingxiang for addressing him by name and struck her with a cold snort, while Gu Baide stayed silent.
• Gu Jingxiang crushed Zhao Wuhua's Jade Talisman, but Zhao Wuhua ignored her summons and fled the Hidden Immortal Sect with Elder Bumu.
• A disciple reported Zhao Wuhua's escape, leaving Gu Baide and Gu Jingxiang terrified as Cháng Yì and Li Zhōujūn confronted them.
• Li Zhōujūn raised his cultivation to match Cháng Yì's Eternal Realm Seventh Order aura, and his system announced that he had reached the First Order of the Immortal Realm.
• Li Zhōujūn offered to spare Gu Baide and Gu Jingxiang if they danced, and Cháng Yì threatened them until they awkwardly complied.

After sparing Gu Baide and Gu Jingxiang, Li Zhōujūn learned that Cháng Yì had entered a dangerous world through a spatial rift to prove himself. When the system issued a quest to rescue Cháng Yì, Li Zhōujūn teleported toward him as Gu Zhiyi followed her brother into the rift.

• Li Zhōujūn spared Gu Baide and Gu Jingxiang, then left with Cháng Yì to drink.
• Cháng Yì told Li Zhōujūn that he had joined the Reincarnation Pavilion through his sister Gu Zhiyi and wanted to prove his worth.
• Cháng Yì explained that the Reincarnation Pavilion had found a rift leading to a world containing the Eternal Pearl, which could only be moved by a true body and might trap anyone who took it.
• After three days of drinking, Li Zhōujūn received a system quest to rescue Cháng Yì and teleported toward him.
• Cháng Yì dismissed the guards and entered the spatial rift alone to seek the Eternal Pearl.
• Gu Zhiyi learned that Cháng Yì had entered the rift and plunged in after him to stop him.

Gu Zhiyi and Cháng Yì were trapped in a collapsing ancient world as its rift closed, but Li Zhōujūn held the opening long enough for them to escape. Gu Zhiyi took Cháng Yì away to punish him, while Li Zhōujūn’s system rewarded him with a breakthrough to the seventh layer of the Immortal Realm.

• Gu Zhiyi found Cháng Yì amid the ruins as the world collapsed and the rift began to close.
• Gu Zhiyi hurled Cháng Yì toward the rift, but Li Zhōujūn reached through and held it open with his arm.
• Cháng Yì and Gu Zhiyi escaped, and Cháng Yì realized Li Zhōujūn had reached the Ninth-Stage Eternal Realm.
• Li Zhōujūn received a system reward that advanced his cultivation to the seventh layer of the Immortal Realm.
• Cháng Yì thanked Li Zhōujūn and promised to repay him, while Gu Zhiyi warned that she would punish her reckless brother.
• Gu Zhiyi dragged Cháng Yì away by the ear, and he teased her about matchmaking with Li Zhōujūn before she decided to double his punishment.

Li Zhōujūn secretly watched Zhōu Éqīng, Chén Màogē, and Zhū Miàoyuàn battle Níng Chéngfù and his men at Myriad Fish Lake, then witnessed their masters Mò Wúyuán and Champion Marquis fight over the lake. After Champion Marquis defeated Mò Wúyuán and threatened his disciples, Li Zhōujūn stepped forward.

• Li Zhōujūn went to Myriad Fish Lake and found Zhōu Éqīng, Chén Màogē, and Zhū Miàoyuàn fighting Níng Chéngfù and four black-robed figures.
• Zhōu Éqīng struck Níng Chéngfù, but he crushed a jade pendant to summon his father, Champion Marquis.
• Mò Wúyuán arrived and argued with Champion Marquis over who had the right to claim Myriad Fish Lake, but Champion Marquis attacked him.
• Champion Marquis overpowered Mò Wúyuán and threatened to leave him and his disciples seriously wounded.
• Li Zhōujūn emerged in blue robes after his cough drew Champion Marquis's attention.

Li Zhōujūn intervened to protect his Wucheng Mountain friends and fought Champion Marquis to a standstill, astonishing the witnesses. Cháng Yì recognized Li Zhōujūn and stayed out of the fight after Gu Zhiyi warned him, but his teasing earned him another beating.

• Li Zhōujūn appeared at Myriad Fish Lake and told Champion Marquis he would intervene because he had history with the people of Wucheng Mountain.
• Champion Marquis challenged Li Zhōujūn, and the two fought evenly, their powerful blows shaking the lake and damaging the sky and ground.
• Mò Wúyuán learned from Zhū Miàoyuàn that his disciples had met Li Zhōujūn while gathering herbs, then coughed up blood as she urged him to stop talking.
• Southern Region experts reacted to Li Zhōujūn matching Champion Marquis, while Cháng Yì realized he was fighting his Brother Li.
• Gu Zhiyi warned Cháng Yì not to interfere, gave him a cultivation pill, then returned after he joked about finding her a brother-in-law and beat him again.

Li Zhōujūn refused Emperor Kun’s offer to join the Great Kun Imperial Dynasty, but Zhāng Wǔrén intervened when the emperor attacked him. Their dispute over Myriad Fish Lake ended when the Black Flame Demon Emperor emerged and revealed that he had lured them into a trap.

• Li Zhōujūn and Champion Marquis ended their evenly matched battle, and Champion Marquis agreed to spare Wǔchéng Mountain.
• Emperor Kun arrived, offered Li Zhōujūn a marquisate, and threatened him with death when he refused.
• Emperor Kun attacked Li Zhōujūn with Golden Lightning, but Zhāng Wǔrén appeared and shielded him.
• Zhāng Wǔrén and Emperor Kun discussed joining forces to seize the person hidden in Myriad Fish Lake, while arguing over how to divide his possessions.
• The Black Flame Demon Emperor emerged from Myriad Fish Lake, confessed he had killed Emperor Kun’s father and Zhāng Wǔrén’s senior fellow disciple, and declared he had lured the two leaders into a trap.

Black Flame Demon Emperor lured Emperor Kun and Zhāng Wǔrén to Myriad Fish Lake and overwhelmed them despite their alliance. As they neared defeat, Li Zhōujūn revealed his strength by becoming Fifty-Fifty with Black Flame Demon Emperor and catching a punch, shocking everyone watching.

• Black Flame Demon Emperor revealed that his supposed injuries had been a ruse, then destroyed Emperor Kun's Nine Phoenix Golden Chariot with one palm strike.
• Zhāng Wǔrén sent Li Zhōujūn away from the battlefield, but Li Zhōujūn stayed while Mò Wúyuán and the others fled.
• Black Flame Demon Emperor beat Emperor Kun and Zhāng Wǔrén, while Cháng Yì urged cultivators to come watch the battle.
• Li Zhōujūn became Fifty-Fifty with Black Flame Demon Emperor and caught a punch aimed at Zhāng Wǔrén, astonishing the fighters and onlookers.

Li Zhōujūn revealed his Eternal Ninth Stage strength and fought the Black Flame Demon Emperor at Myriad Fish Lake. Their battle escalated into a clash of colossal Dharma Forms, while Zhāng Wǔrén and the Emperor Kun blocked the resulting shockwaves.

• Li Zhōujūn blocked the Black Flame Demon Emperor's attacks, stunning Champion Marquis, Mò Wúyuán, Zhōu Éqīng, Zhū Miàoyuàn, Chén Màogē, Zhāng Wǔrén, and the Emperor Kun with his strength.
• The Black Flame Demon Emperor unleashed tornadoes with his flaming wings, but Li Zhōujūn stood firm and introduced himself as the Azure Emperor.
• The Black Flame Demon Emperor transformed into a ten-thousand-zhang Dharma Form, and Li Zhōujūn answered with one of his own.
• Li Zhōujūn and the Black Flame Demon Emperor exchanged blows that devastated mountains and rivers, while Zhāng Wǔrén and the Emperor Kun shielded the Southern Domain from the shockwaves.
• Cháng Yì watched the battle and wondered how powerful the Mysterious Pavilion Master was among Eternal Ninth Stage experts.

Li Zhōujūn fought the Black Flame Demon Emperor for ten days before forcing Emperor Kun to dance in exchange for sparing him. After Emperor Kun’s two-and-a-half-day performance completed Li Zhōujūn’s mission and raised his cultivation to the Eternal First Stage, Li Zhōujūn let him go.

• Li Zhōujūn and the Black Flame Demon Emperor battled with their Dharma Forms for ten days, then agreed to stop when neither could defeat the other.
• The Black Flame Demon Emperor retreated, and Li Zhōujūn stopped Emperor Kun from fleeing and demanded that he dance.
• Emperor Kun cleared away the watching Southern Region experts, then danced while Li Zhōujūn and Zhāng Wǔrén watched.
• Emperor Kun danced for two and a half days, completing Li Zhōujūn’s mission and raising his cultivation to the Eternal First Stage.
• Li Zhōujūn ended the dance and spared Emperor Kun, who offered to dance for him again anytime.

After reporting the events at Myriad Fish Lake, Gu Zhiyi received the Eternal Pearl from the Pavilion Master and used it to break through to the Eternal Ninth Stage. Black Flame Demon Emperor sensed the breakthrough and headed for Reincarnation Pavilion, hoping to exploit Gu Zhiyi’s weakness and seize his chance to reach the Eternal Tenth Stage.

• Li Zhōujūn dismissed Emperor Kun and Zhāng Wǔrén, then left the ruined Myriad Fish Lake to find another fishing spot.
• Gu Zhiyi told the Reincarnation Pavilion's Pavilion Master about Azure Emperor and presented the Eternal Pearl, which the Pavilion Master gave her to keep and use for a breakthrough.
• Gu Zhiyi told Cháng Yì that the Pavilion Master wanted him to invite Li Zhōujūn to Reincarnation Pavilion, and Cháng Yì agreed to try.
• Emperor Kun found two Rogue Cultivators discussing him and forced them to dance, whipping them and giving them pointers when their movements displeased him.
• Black Flame Demon Emperor sensed Gu Zhiyi's breakthrough to the Eternal Ninth Stage and headed for Reincarnation Pavilion, intending to attack her and the Pavilion Master.
• Li Zhōujūn noticed the aura from Reincarnation Pavilion while fishing and looked toward it in surprise.

Gu Zhiyi broke through to the Eternal Ninth Stage, but the Black Flame Demon Emperor attacked the Reincarnation Pavilion before it could celebrate. The mysterious Pavilion Master drove him away with one strike, and Gu Zhiyi went to meet her.

• Gu Zhiyi became the Reincarnation Pavilion’s second Eternal Ninth Stage cultivator, prompting Zhao Wànsù to recognize that the Zhao Family could no longer provoke the pavilion.
• The Black Flame Demon Emperor appeared above the Reincarnation Pavilion and challenged Gu Zhiyi to bring out her Pavilion Master.
• Gu Zhiyi attacked with her bonded silver needle, but the Black Flame Demon Emperor broke her golden net and damaged the needle, injuring her in the process.
• As the Black Flame Demon Emperor moved to kill Gu Zhiyi, the Pavilion Master pulled her to safety and struck him hard enough to send him fleeing.
• The Pavilion Master called for Gu Zhiyi, who answered and went to meet her, while the Reincarnation Pavilion’s cultivators celebrated her power.

Li Zhōujūn went to the Reincarnation Pavilion and met its White-robed Woman Master, who asked him to enter the Virtual-Real Realm and obtain the Virtual-Real Fire so she could advance to the Eternal Eleventh Stage. She offered him a generous reward and all other treasures he found there, but the chapter ended before he answered.

• Gu Zhiyi sent Cháng Yì to find Li Zhōujūn and bring him to the Reincarnation Pavilion.
• Li Zhōujūn agreed to go with Cháng Yì, while the Black Flame Demon Emperor fled the Southern Region and Zhào Wànsù worried he might be targeted next.
• At the Reincarnation Pavilion, Cháng Yì learned that the White-robed Woman was the Pavilion Master and hurried away after Gu Zhiyi confronted him with a sharp look.
• The Pavilion Master thanked Li Zhōujūn for previously saving Gu Zhiyi and Cháng Yì, then explained her struggle to obtain entry to the Virtual-Real Realm.
• The Pavilion Master asked Li Zhōujūn to retrieve the Virtual-Real Fire and offered him a generous gift plus everything else he found in the realm.

Li Zhōujūn accepted the Reincarnation Pavilion Master's request to enter the Virtual-Real Realm and received a Virtual-Real Token, while the Black Flame Demon Emperor was forced by the Ghost Medicine Old Daoist to retrieve the Virtual-Real Fire. As the realm's opening approached, the Black Flame Demon Emperor's cultivation surged, leaving him confident he could defeat the Azure Emperor.

• Li Zhōujūn accepted the Reincarnation Pavilion Master's request to enter the Virtual-Real Realm in three days and took her Virtual-Real Token.
• Li Zhōujūn stayed at the Reincarnation Pavilion and asked for chicken, while the narration revealed the Pavilion Master was an Eternal Tenth Stage cultivator.
• The Ghost Medicine Old Daoist stopped the injured Black Flame Demon Emperor in the Central Region and told him the Reincarnation Pavilion Master was also at the Eternal Tenth Stage.
• The Ghost Medicine Old Daoist gave the Black Flame Demon Emperor a Virtual-Real Token and ordered him to retrieve the Virtual-Real Fire, threatening to use him for medicine tests if he failed.
• The Ghost Medicine Old Daoist treated and trained the Black Flame Demon Emperor with unusual pills, and the Demon Emperor became confident he could defeat the Azure Emperor.

Li Zhōujūn entered the Virtual-Real Realm, learned that its coveted Virtual-Real Fire was also called the Eternal Fire, and wagered with the realm’s creator that he could claim it. The fire’s location was revealed, where ninety-eight Eternal Ninth Stage cultivators gathered and waited warily while Li Zhōujūn traveled toward them.

• The Reincarnation Pavilion Master warned Li Zhōujūn that he could not use power related to the Eternal Tenth Stage in the Virtual-Real Realm, and Li Zhōujūn entered through the gate.
• Li Zhōujūn completed the realm’s sign-in mission and reached the Eternity Second Stage, then met an old man fishing who warned him that appearances and sounds in the realm could deceive him.
• The old man explained that the Virtual-Real Fire was meant for the strongest Eternal Ninth Stage cultivators and promised an additional opportunity to whoever seized it.
• Li Zhōujūn wagered that he could obtain the fire if the old man announced its location, and the old man agreed to leave it untouched for three days.
• The old man revealed the fire’s location and called it the Eternal Fire before vanishing, and Li Zhōujūn set off toward the pillar of flame.
• Ninety-eight Eternal Ninth Stage cultivators, including the Black Flame Demon Emperor, gathered around the Virtual-Real Fire and hesitated to make the first move.

Li Zhōujūn arrived at the Virtual-Real Fire and challenged the ninety-eight Eternal Ninth Stage cultivators gathered around it. Black Flame Demon Emperor tried to turn them against Li Zhōujūn, but Han Changkong confronted Black Flame Demon Emperor instead.

• The Eternal Ninth Stage experts waited for three days to pass before they could take the Virtual-Real Fire, while Black Flame Demon Emperor grew anxious about making the first move.
• Li Zhōujūn arrived, matched his cultivation to those present, and appeared beside the Virtual-Real Fire, provoking their anger.
• Li Zhōujūn told the gathered experts to leave and declared he would oppose anyone who tried to claim the fire.
• Black Flame Demon Emperor urged the others to join forces against Li Zhōujūn, but Han Changkong accused him of trying to use them to settle his own grudge.
• Black Flame Demon Emperor insulted Han Changkong for objecting to being looked down on, and Han Changkong grew furious.

Li Zhōujūn trapped ninety-eight Eternal Ninth Stage cultivators in his Prison Dragon chessboard while they competed for the Virtual-Real Fire. Mu Shu revealed himself as the Crown Prince of the Great Shepherd Divine Dynasty, failed to break the board, and offered Li Zhōujūn riches and honor if he submitted.

• The system gave Li Zhōujūn a mission to fight the ninety-eight Eternal Ninth Stage cultivators and obtain the Eternal Fire, promising him a breakthrough to the Eternity Sixth Stage.
• The old fisherman announced that everyone would have only a single instant to obtain the Virtual-Real Fire before the world closed, prompting the cultivators to plan to eliminate Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn made himself Fifty-Fifty with everyone present and trapped all ninety-eight cultivators inside his Prison Dragon chessboard, which the Black Flame Demon Emperor could not shake.
• Mu Shu stepped out from the crowd, revealed himself as the Crown Prince of the Great Shepherd Divine Dynasty, and struck the chessboard with a golden lightning spear without moving it.
• Mu Shu offered Li Zhōujūn riches and honor if he submitted to him.

Li Zhōujūn trapped ninety-eight Eternal Ninth Stage cultivators inside his chessboard while competing for the Virtual-Real Fire. After the realm’s hidden master expelled Shepherd Arts, Li Zhōujūn entered the chessboard to face the remaining cultivators, leaving his intentions unclear.

• Shepherd Arts rallied the trapped cultivators to attack Li Zhōujūn’s chessboard, but their combined assault failed to damage it.
• Shepherd Arts tried to recruit Li Zhōujūn and said he would yield the Virtual-Real Fire rather than risk harming his future general.
• The old man who had left behind the realm expelled Shepherd Arts after hearing him dismiss the Virtual-Real Fire.
• Black Flame Demon Emperor challenged Li Zhōujūn to enter the chessboard, and the system issued a mission to fight the cultivators and target Black Flame Demon Emperor.
• Li Zhōujūn entered the chessboard, baffling the trapped cultivators and the old man watching in secret.

Li Zhōujūn fought Black Flame Demon Emperor on the chessboard while the other Eternal Ninth Stage experts refused to intervene, wary of offending Mu Shu. Black Flame Demon Emperor tried to surrender but Li Zhōujūn kept attacking, and the desperate demon emperor turned on Han Changkong.

• The Eternal Ninth Stage experts refused Black Flame Demon Emperor's call to attack Li Zhōujūn, citing Mu Shu and the Azure Emperor's power.
• Li Zhōujūn challenged Black Flame Demon Emperor and attacked him, and the two fought evenly as the onlookers marveled at their strength.
• Black Flame Demon Emperor called out that he surrendered, but Li Zhōujūn refused and continued attacking him.
• Li Zhōujūn received a system prompt saying he would earn Eternal Realm Seventh Order cultivation after obtaining the Virtual-Real Fire.
• Han Changkong mocked Black Flame Demon Emperor, who threatened to kill him and left Han Changkong terrified.

Yan Shifu revealed herself and challenged Li Zhōujūn for the Virtual-Real Fire, then ordered Eternal Ninth Stage cultivators to capture him. As they turned against Li Zhōujūn, Black Flame Demon Emperor tried to attack Han Changkong again and was knocked aside by Yan Shifu.

• Han Changkong fled Black Flame Demon Emperor, but Yan Shifu intervened with a single strike and sent the Demon Emperor flying.
• Yan Shifu removed her veil, and Han Changkong and the cultivators recognized her as the Saintess of Night Cold Palace.
• Yan Shifu declared she could compete for the Virtual-Real Fire now that Li Zhōujūn had entered the chessboard, and Li Zhōujūn insisted he would take it.
• Yan Shifu attacked Li Zhōujūn with a golden sword that became threads, but he broke them after matching his cultivation to hers.
• Yan Shifu offered Night Cold Palace Saint Brew to Eternal Ninth Stage cultivators who helped capture Li Zhōujūn, and they turned hostile toward him.
• Black Flame Demon Emperor charged at Han Changkong, but Yan Shifu struck him down and ordered the cultivators to capture Li Zhōujūn.

Li Zhōujūn suppressed more than ninety Eternal Ninth Stage cultivators with a clone while his true body moved to the Virtual-Real Fire. After revealing the deception, he left the Black Flame Demon Emperor an opening to attack Han Changkong.

• More than ninety Eternal Ninth Stage cultivators attacked Li Zhōujūn, but he emerged unharmed and suppressed them with golden light from his divine eye.
• The Black Flame Demon Emperor pretended to be dead while Li Zhōujūn kept the attackers pinned down for nearly three days.
• Li Zhōujūn appeared beside the Virtual-Real Fire and dispersed the clone he had left on the chessboard, shocking Yan Shifu and the other cultivators.
• The Black Flame Demon Emperor sprang up and charged at Han Changkong, who had no time to defend himself and wondered why he was so hated.

Li Zhōujūn obtained the Virtual-Real Fire, rejected Virtual-Real Sage’s offer to become his disciple, and returned to the Reincarnation Pavilion to give the fire to Gu Zhiyi. Meanwhile, Ghost Medicine Old Daoist threatened Black Flame Demon Emperor with becoming a test subject unless he accepted a dangerous plan.

• Black Flame Demon Emperor killed Han Changkong, and Li Zhōujūn claimed the Virtual-Real Fire before the other Eternal Ninth Stages were expelled from the realm.
• Virtual-Real Sage offered to take Li Zhōujūn as his disciple, but Li Zhōujūn refused and left through a door back to the Reincarnation Pavilion.
• Gu Zhiyi thanked Li Zhōujūn for obtaining the Virtual-Real Fire, gave him ninety-nine Divine Pills, and welcomed him with a whole-chicken feast.
• Ghost Medicine Old Daoist rebuked Black Flame Demon Emperor for failing to obtain the fire and threatened to make him a test subject.
• Ghost Medicine Old Daoist offered to help Black Flame Demon Emperor reach the Eternal Tenth Stage while placing him under control, then ordered him to accept an unspecified task.

Li Zhōujūn reached the Central Region and advanced to Eternal Eighth Stage, while Ghost Medicine Old Daoist forced the newly advanced Black Flame Demon Emperor to capture the Azure Emperor. On his travels, Li Zhōujūn encountered two sparring disciples and their suspicious White-robed Woman master, who apologized after attacking him.

• Li Zhōujūn traveled to the Central Region, checked in, and gained Eternal Eighth Stage cultivation.
• The Black Flame Demon Emperor reached Eternal Tenth Stage, but Ghost Medicine Old Daoist used a technique to keep him under control.
• Ghost Medicine Old Daoist ordered the Black Flame Demon Emperor to capture the Azure Emperor so he could refine him into a pill; the Black Flame Demon Emperor agreed while secretly vowing to kill Ghost Medicine Old Daoist if he found an opening.
• While walking through the Central Region, Li Zhōujūn watched Ōuyáng Lièlóng and Chǔ Běimò spar and praised Ōuyáng Lièlóng's spear technique.
• The White-robed Woman attacked Li Zhōujūn, then shielded her disciples until they explained he had done nothing wrong.
• The White-robed Woman apologized to Li Zhōujūn and offered to make amends.

Li Zhōujūn asked Mi Xuěyuán to guide him to Sunken Moon Valley, while the Virtual-Real Sage waited there and spoke with Qin Tianyi about the Azure Emperor and the buried history of Louyue Kingdom. Qin Tianyi disappeared after asking the Virtual-Real Sage to protect Li Zhōujūn without revealing his existence.

• Li Zhōujūn asked Mi Xuěyuán to take him to Sunken Moon Valley, and she agreed to guide him despite warning that visitors had to pass a trial.
• At Sunken Moon Valley, the Virtual-Real Sage decided to wait for Li Zhōujūn and hoped to persuade him to become his disciple.
• Qin Tianyi appeared and warned the Virtual-Real Sage not to seek the Azure Emperor as a disciple, revealing that the Azure Emperor was his junior.
• The Virtual-Real Sage explained that a Demon God's remnant soul had eroded his body, and Qin Tianyi urged him to protect Li Zhōujūn while keeping Qin's existence secret.
• Qin Tianyi explained that Lou Zhangyun had destroyed Louyue Kingdom to thwart the Twelve Demon Gods, and that Qin had split the last surviving Demon God into fragments and suppressed them.
• Qin Tianyi's fading incarnation disappeared, and the Virtual-Real Sage promised to protect the Azure Emperor.

Li Zhōujūn traveled with Mi Xuěyuán and her disciples while Yan Shifu emerged from seclusion and pursued them on Guo Rongyin’s orders. Yan Shifu confronted Mi Xuěyuán by a stream, demanding information about Louyue Ancient Kingdom, as Li Zhōujūn fished nearby.

• Mi Xuěyuán led Li Zhōujūn and her two disciples along remote routes toward Sunken Moon Valley.
• Guo Rongyin asked Yan Shifu to retrieve the item Mi Xuěyuán had taken, and Yan Shifu revealed that a man in azure had overwhelmed every peer in the Virtual-Real Realm.
• Yan Shifu left to pursue Mi Xuěyuán after receiving information about her whereabouts.
• Mi Xuěyuán explained that Night Cold Palace had destroyed Returning Egret Sect while searching for a safe route to Louyue Ancient Kingdom, though the sect had no such map.
• Yan Shifu confronted Mi Xuěyuán and her disciples beside a stream and threatened to take the information herself.

Yan Shifu fled when Li Zhōujūn appeared, saving Mi Xuěyuán and her disciples, then told Guo Rongyin that the Azure Emperor had defeated a host of powerful cultivators in the Virtual-Real Realm. The Virtual-Real Sage warned Guo Rongyin not to harm the Azure Emperor, leaving her furious and unable to act against him directly.

• Yan Shifu trapped Mi Xuěyuán, Ōuyáng Lièlóng, and Chǔ Běimò, but fled as soon as she heard Li Zhōujūn’s voice.
• Mi Xuěyuán and her disciples thanked Li Zhōujūn, then continued with him toward Sunken Moon Valley.
• Yan Shifu returned to the Night Cold Palace and told Guo Rongyin that she and more than ninety Eternal Ninth Stage cultivators had failed to defeat the Azure Emperor in the Virtual-Real Realm.
• The Virtual-Real Sage appeared and warned Guo Rongyin not to harm the Azure Emperor, threatening to blockade the Night Cold Palace if she did.
• Guo Rongyin considered using someone else to target the Azure Emperor, but the Virtual-Real Sage returned and warned that he would hold her responsible regardless of who acted.