Recaps

Li Zhōujūn reached Sunken Moon Valley, where its spirit guardian had secretly been ordered by the Virtual-Real Sage to let him enter. After the guardian punished a group from the Huá Yuè Sect, he welcomed Li Zhōujūn and warned him to avoid the valley’s dangerous residents.

• Mi Xuěyuán and her disciples thanked Li Zhōujūn for saving them from Yan Shifu, then parted ways with him near Sunken Moon Valley.
• The Virtual-Real Sage ordered the valley’s spirit guardian to admit Li Zhōujūn and let him stay in the eastern area, while keeping the Sage’s involvement secret.
• Yue Tēngjiāng and the Huá Yuè Sect disciples arrived and asked Li Zhōujūn about the trial, then Yue Tēngjiāng was slapped into the ground by the guardian.
• Chényuè introduced himself as the spirit of Sunken Moon Valley, let Li Zhōujūn enter, and warned him to stay away from the valley’s western, northern, and southern areas.

Li Zhōujūn settled into Sunken Moon Valley, where he met its powerful residents and spent months fishing and roasting chicken. Xue Zhi warned him to stop roasting chicken, and the black-robed old woman in the north prepared to teach him a lesson.

• Chen Yue brought Li Zhōujūn into Sunken Moon Valley, introduced him to Xue Zhi and the two Eternal Eleventh Stage residents, and assigned him a residence by the lake.
• Li Zhōujūn began fishing on the eastern shore as Xie Tiansheng emerged from an explosion in the south, and Chen Yue repaired the damage after Xie Tiansheng promised him Divine Pills.
• After several months, Xue Zhi asked Li Zhōujūn why he kept fishing without catching anything, then warned him against roasting chicken so often in the valley.
• The black-robed old woman in the north, whose feet resembled chicken claws, grew angry at Li Zhōujūn for roasting several chickens a day and produced a feather to attack him.

Li Zhōujūn’s chicken roasting angered Old Mother Angshan, but the Virtual-Real Sage protected him and drove her away. Afterward, Li Zhōujūn learned the Sage’s injury came from a Demon God Remnant Soul and offered to find a cure, while the Sage avoided discussing the fishing rod.

• Sunken Moon warned Li Zhōujūn that roasting a chicken near Old Mother Angshan, a black hen, would provoke her, just as her feather flew at him.
• The Virtual-Real Sage stopped the feather and fought off Old Mother Angshan when she attacked Li Zhōujūn; she left after learning his name.
• The Virtual-Real Sage revealed that a Demon God Remnant Soul at the Eternal Twelfth Stage had injured him, and Li Zhōujūn promised to seek a way to heal him.
• When Li Zhōujūn brought up the fishing rod, the Virtual-Real Sage sent him away, leaving Li Zhōujūn to wonder if giving it to him mattered.

Li Zhōujūn learned from Xue Zhi about the Eternal Twelfth Stage Emperor Fúmèng and the Boundless Thunder Domain, then used the system to teleport there. He arrived as Emperor Fúmèng confronted a Demon God Abyss figure and prepared to fight.

• Li Zhōujūn asked Xue Zhi whether Eternal Twelfth Stage cultivators existed beyond the Eternal Continent, and she told him about Emperor Fúmèng and the Boundless Thunder Domain.
• Li Zhōujūn left Sunken Moon Valley after writing a letter promising to find a way to treat the Virtual-Real Sage.
• The Virtual-Real Sage read the letter, learned from Xue Zhi where Li Zhōujūn might have gone, and set out to search for him.
• Li Zhōujūn asked the system to teleport him to the Boundless Thunder Domain, and the system sent him there.
• Emperor Fúmèng challenged a Demon God Abyss figure, boasting that he would shatter its Thirteenth Seat.

Li Zhōujūn rescued Emperor Fúmèng from the Thirteenth Seat and matched the demon’s power, forcing him to withdraw. Afterward, Fúmèng agreed to Li Zhōujūn’s request, while the Virtual-Real Sage hurried to find the Boundless Thunder Domain.

• Emperor Fúmèng attacked the Thirteenth Seat, but the demon swallowed his lightning and sent him crashing toward the Boundless Thunder Domain.
• Li Zhōujūn appeared, steadied Fúmèng, and introduced himself before the Thirteenth Seat.
• The Thirteenth Seat created black spheres to attack Li Zhōujūn and Fúmèng, but Li Zhōujūn halted them by matching the demon’s cultivation.
• The Thirteenth Seat recognized Li Zhōujūn as a hidden expert, then withdrew his power and vanished.
• Fúmèng thanked Li Zhōujūn, agreed to his request, and invited him to drink for three days and nights.
• The Virtual-Real Sage searched for the Boundless Thunder Domain while praying Li Zhōujūn would survive.

Li Zhōujūn brought the Virtual-Real Sage to Emperor Fúmèng so he could remove the Demon God Remnant Soul's power from the Sage’s body. After the Sage drank himself unconscious, Li Zhōujūn left him in Emperor Fúmèng’s care, while the Thirteenth Throne learned Li Zhōujūn’s identity and anticipated their next battle.

• Emperor Fúmèng poured Li Zhōujūn potent wine, and Li Zhōujūn asked him to dispel the Demon God Remnant Soul’s power from a friend’s body.
• The Virtual-Real Sage arrived searching for Li Zhōujūn, who explained that Emperor Fúmèng had agreed to help if the Sage drank wine for three days first.
• Li Zhōujūn brought the Virtual-Real Sage to the hall, where the Sage drank three cups and collapsed unconscious.
• Emperor Fúmèng promised to remove the Demon God Remnant Soul’s power from the Virtual-Real Sage and asked Li Zhōujūn about his plans.
• The Thirteenth Throne learned that Li Zhōujūn was the Azure Emperor of the Eternal Continent’s southern region and said they would battle again soon.

After returning from the Boundless Thunder Domain, Li Zhōujūn encountered Xue Zhi and agreed to accompany her to the ruined Taxian Realm so she could seek a breakthrough. Their search was interrupted when Old Mother Angshan confronted them, threatening Li Zhōujūn and warning Xue Zhi to stay out of the way.

• Li Zhōujūn received the system reward for completing his mission and advanced to the Eternal Ninth Stage.
• A Space Black Hole threatened Li Zhōujūn, but Xue Zhi used a talisman from her father to destroy it.
• Xue Zhi asked Li Zhōujūn to accompany her to the Taxian Realm, where she hoped to find an opportunity to reach the Eternal Tenth Stage, and he agreed.
• After months of searching, Old Mother Angshan appeared and challenged Li Zhōujūn, while Xue Zhi stood between them and refused to let her attack him.
• Old Mother Angshan threatened Xue Zhi and cited the Kirin Clan Leader's Eternal Eleventh Stage cultivation as she warned that she could attack her.

Old Mother Angshan trapped Li Zhōujūn and attacked him, but he easily dodged her blows while roasting and eating chicken. Emperor Fúmèng appeared and recognized Li Zhōujūn as his benefactor, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Old Mother Angshan swept Xue Zhi aside and trapped Li Zhōujūn in a formation before transforming into a giant black hen and attacking him with a hurricane.
• Li Zhōujūn stood firm against Old Mother Angshan’s wind and dodged her attacks with ease.
• Li Zhōujūn roasted and ate chicken as he evaded Old Mother Angshan, enraging her further.
• Xue Zhi recalled Li Zhōujūn’s reputation as the Azure Emperor and suspected his strength exceeded the Eternal Ninth Stage.
• Emperor Fúmèng appeared, saw Li Zhōujūn facing Old Mother Angshan, and recognized him as his benefactor.

Xue Zhi told Emperor Fúmèng she was seeking the Taxian Realm with Li Zhōujūn, who revealed Eternal Twelfth Stage strength and forced Old Mother Angshan to disclose its location. Elder Fei then asked Li Zhōujūn to give him Old Mother Angshan, leaving her horrified that he also wanted to eat her.

• Xue Zhi greeted Emperor Fúmèng and explained that she planned to search for the Taxian Realm with Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn revealed his Eternal Twelfth Stage cultivation, knocking Old Mother Angshan down and reducing her to the size of an ordinary hen.
• Li Zhōujūn threatened to cook Old Mother Angshan, who revealed the Taxian Realm's location to save her life.
• Elder Fei arrived and asked Li Zhōujūn to give him Old Mother Angshan as nourishment for the bedridden Cui.
• Old Mother Angshan realized Elder Fei had come to claim her rather than rescue her.

Li Zhōujūn gave Old Mother Angshan to Elder Fei to help heal Old Woman Cui, then rested with Xue Zhi in a mortal teahouse. He suggested Xue Zhi remain in the small world for a while to seek the answer she needed, and they vanished from the crowded teahouse.

• Emperor Fúmèng explained that the Thirteenth Throne had badly injured Old Woman Cui, so Li Zhōujūn let Elder Fei take Old Mother Angshan to her.
• Elder Fei thanked Li Zhōujūn and left with the unconscious Old Mother Angshan, while Emperor Fúmèng explained why he had come and said he had healed Li Zhōujūn's friend.
• Xue Zhi asked Li Zhōujūn about fighting the Thirteenth Throne, and he said neither of them had won or lost before they chose to rest.
• Li Zhōujūn and Xue Zhi visited a teahouse in a small world, where crowds gathered to see them.
• Li Zhōujūn suggested Xue Zhi stay in the world longer to find the answer she sought, and the two disappeared after leaving exact payment for their tea.

Li Zhōujūn took Xue Zhi through the mortal world, teaching her to look beyond first impressions as she watched a beggar deceive the people who helped him. Months later, two demon gods arrived to reclaim the Second Throne's finger bone, and an enormous turtle emerged beneath the world.

• Li Zhōujūn warned Xue Zhi not to judge the Old Beggar too quickly, but she saw him discard a child's sesame cake and secretly paralyzed him.
• Li Zhōujūn asked Xue Zhi whether anyone had found her ancestor's remains; she said the ancestor's life tablet had shattered, meaning the soul had dispersed.
• A black-robed man and woman entered the mortal world, identifying it as the Second Throne's finger bone and planning to find Old Turtle.
• Xue Zhi recognized the newcomers as two Eternal Ninth Stage demon gods while Li Zhōujūn calmly roasted a chicken.
• The world shook, and an enormous shadow resembling a gigantic turtle appeared beneath it, terrifying the mortals.

Tian Canjun and Di Que Nü attacked Old Turtle to reclaim the Second Throne’s finger bone, while Xue Zhi intervened to save him. As Di Que Nü unleashed a Thirteenth Throne Demonic Mark against Xue Zhi, a blue-robed figure appeared in front of her.

• Tian Canjun and Di Que Nü confronted Old Turtle and attacked after he refused to surrender the Second Throne’s finger bone.
• Xue Zhi explained to Li Zhōujūn how Old Turtle had fallen into his ruined state while suppressing the finger bone, and Li Zhōujūn watched as he ate roasted chicken.
• Tian Canjun used an iron chain bestowed by the Thirteenth Throne to bind Old Turtle and break through his lightning storm.
• Xue Zhi transformed into a snow-white qilin and attacked Tian Canjun and Di Que Nü, prompting Di Que Nü to take her on while Tian Canjun restrained Old Turtle.
• Di Que Nü used a Demonic Mark carrying the power of a strike from the Thirteenth Throne against Xue Zhi, but a blue-robed figure appeared before her.

Li Zhōujūn saved Xue Zhi from Di Que Nü, then faced the Thirteenth Throne’s avatar and forced it to withdraw. The Thirteenth Throne later told the Fourteenth Throne that the Azure Emperor could match him, while the Fourteenth Throne anticipated the Source Lord’s awakening.

• Li Zhōujūn blocked Di Que Nü’s attack, and Xue Zhi thanked him for saving her.
• Tian Canjun revealed that the Thirteenth Throne had given them an avatar, and Di Que Nü summoned it by having Tian Canjun crush a black Jade Talisman.
• The Thirteenth Throne’s avatar recognized Li Zhōujūn, exchanged words with him, then departed with the iron chains it had used to suppress Old Turtle.
• The Thirteenth Throne told the Fourteenth Throne that the Azure Emperor could match him, and the Fourteenth Throne said the Source Lord would eventually empower the Thirteenth Throne.

Li Zhōujūn offered Tian Canjun and Di Que Nü a chance to survive if they endured a hundred moves against him using only Eternal Ninth Stage strength. He defeated them with one finger, and they died after waking briefly in the ravine.

• The Thirteenth Throne's clone abandoned Tian Canjun and Di Que Nü and took back Old Turtle's iron chains as he left.
• Li Zhōujūn promised to let Tian Canjun and Di Que Nü go if they survived a hundred moves against his Eternal Ninth Stage strength.
• Tian Canjun unleashed evil ghosts while Di Que Nü transformed into a stone giant and charged Li Zhōujūn.
• Li Zhōujūn flew high into the sky and crushed both attackers into a ravine with a single finger.
• Tian Canjun and Di Que Nü awoke briefly, then died after Li Zhōujūn told them they had failed to last even one move.

After helping Old Turtle suppress the Second Throne’s finger bone, Li Zhōujūn and Xue Zhi entered the ruined Taxian Realm to seek a Kirin Clan trial secret realm. Xue Zhi entered the dangerous trial alone, while Li Zhōujūn watched from outside and secretly placed a clone on her as a precaution.

• Old Turtle explained that he had endured his injuries to pursue nirvana and honor Elder Qin, then left after Li Zhōujūn placed a clone behind to guard the site.
• Several days later, Li Zhōujūn and Xue Zhi found the drifting Taxian Realm and entered it.
• Xue Zhi led Li Zhōujūn through underground passages to a mural describing the secret realm’s five deadly trials and their rules.
• Xue Zhi used her blood to activate the mural, and Li Zhōujūn resisted its pull while secretly sending a clone onto her before she was drawn inside.
• The mural came to life, letting Li Zhōujūn watch Xue Zhi’s progress through the secret realm.

Snow Zhi endured the secret realm’s deadly trials and awakened its power, while Li Zhōujūn subdued Tang Tianzuo and made him roast chicken. The white-haired old man began channeling the Kirin Heart’s remaining power into Snow Zhi as Tang Tianzuo watched helplessly.

• Tang Tianzuo emerged from the void, attacked the sleeping Li Zhōujūn, and was stopped; Li Zhōujūn forced him to roast chicken.
• Snow Zhi broke through the sword formation and maze, crossed the Dead Water, and endured the Sea of Fire in her Kirin form.
• Meteorites battered Snow Zhi to the brink of death, but Li Zhōujūn’s words revived her resolve and she blasted away the rocks.
• The secret realm halted the meteorites and healed Snow Zhi as her power rose toward the Eternal Tenth Stage.
• The white-haired old man revealed the Kirin Heart and began transferring its remaining power to Snow Zhi while Tang Tianzuo continued roasting chicken for Li Zhōujūn.

Xue Zhi emerged from the Kirin Clan’s trial secret realm after reaching the Eternal Tenth Stage, and she and Li Zhōujūn returned to the Eternal Continent together. There, the Black Flame Demon Emperor challenged Li Zhōujūn, and Xue Zhi stepped in to fight him.

• Xue Zhi broke through to the Eternal Tenth Stage, and the white-haired old man sent her out before vanishing with the secret realm’s images and writing.
• Li Zhōujūn released Tang Tianzuo, and Xue Zhi thanked Li Zhōujūn for helping protect the Kirin Clan’s secret realm.
• Xue Zhi agreed to travel with Li Zhōujūn to the Eternal Continent, while Li Zhōujūn received a system mission to sign in at the Louyue Ancient Kingdom.
• After more than half a month of travel, Li Zhōujūn and Xue Zhi reached the Eternal Continent, where the Black Flame Demon Emperor confronted Li Zhōujūn and claimed he would kill him.
• Xue Zhi offered to fight the Black Flame Demon Emperor, then froze the surrounding land and coated his black flames in frost as he attacked.

Xue Zhi defeated the Black Flame Demon Emperor, but an attack from the Virtual-Real Sage revealed that Li Zhōujūn could stop an Eternal Eleventh Stage strike and was said to rival an Eternal Twelfth Stage expert. The Black Flame Demon Emperor exposed Ghost Medicine Old Daoist’s plan to use Li Zhōujūn as medicine before Ghost Medicine Old Daoist’s hidden method killed him.

• Xue Zhi overwhelmed the Black Flame Demon Emperor with her ice swords and asked Li Zhōujūn whether he should live or die.
• An ancient giant hand attacked Li Zhōujūn, who stopped it with his sleeve, and the Virtual-Real Sage emerged and praised his strength.
• The Virtual-Real Sage revealed that Li Zhōujūn’s ancestor had appointed him as Li Zhōujūn’s Dao Protector and discussed the Louyue Kingdom with him.
• The Black Flame Demon Emperor warned Li Zhōujūn that Ghost Medicine Old Daoist wanted to use him as medicine and explained that the old Daoist controlled his life.
• Ghost Medicine Old Daoist triggered the method inside the Black Flame Demon Emperor, killing him as he looked toward the old Daoist’s direction.

Li Zhōujūn set out with the Virtual-Real Sage for the ruins of Louyue Kingdom, where he intended to investigate the ancient battlefield. There, Ye Qingxian was fighting the Eleventh Seat’s Demon God Remnant Soul, whose overwhelming power left her in danger.

• Ghost Medicine Old Daoist learned from Black Flame Demon Emperor’s memories that Li Zhōujūn was an Eternal Twelfth Stage powerhouse, then fled the Eternal Continent.
• The Virtual-Real Sage incinerated Black Flame Demon Emperor’s corpse, and Xue Zhi left to return to her clan.
• Li Zhōujūn persuaded the Virtual-Real Sage to travel with him toward Louyue Kingdom, though the Sage warned that Old Mr. Qin could not be found there.
• The Virtual-Real Sage brought Li Zhōujūn to the Louyue Kingdom stele and stayed behind while Li Zhōujūn headed for the ruins.
• Ye Qingxian dodged the Eleventh Seat’s Demon God Remnant Soul and struck with a sword ray, but the remnant soul caught and crushed it barehanded.

Ye Qingxian escaped the Eleventh Seat Demon God Remnant Soul with her Thousand Mile Jade Cicada, only to land near Li Zhōujūn. Li Zhōujūn subdued the remnant soul and demanded that it help him roast a chicken, leaving it furious and trapped beneath his chess-piece phantom.

• The Eleventh Seat Demon God Remnant Soul shattered Ye Qingxian's sword, wounded her, and forced her to escape by crushing her Thousand Mile Jade Cicada.
• Li Zhōujūn encountered Ye Qingxian as she fell from the void, then faced the pursuing Eleventh Seat Demon God Remnant Soul.
• Li Zhōujūn blocked the remnant soul's attacks and pinned it beneath a huge chess-piece phantom.
• Ye Qingxian thanked Li Zhōujūn before fainting, while the remnant soul identified itself as the Eleventh Seat Demon God Remnant Soul.
• Li Zhōujūn offered to release the remnant soul if it helped him roast a chicken, provoking its furious protest.

Li Zhōujūn forced the Eleventh Seat Demon God Remnant Soul to roast chickens, then used a recording of him doing so to threaten him. Ye Qingxian woke and recognized Li Zhōujūn as a powerful senior, while the Eleventh Seat realized the recording could make the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls brand him a traitor.

• Li Zhōujūn bluffed the Eleventh Seat Demon God Remnant Soul into believing he was an Eternal Twelfth Stage cultivator and made him agree to roast chickens.
• Li Zhōujūn released the Eleventh Seat Demon God Remnant Soul and gave him two hundred and fifty chickens to prepare.
• Li Zhōujūn checked on the unconscious Woman in Ruqun, and the Eleventh Seat said her injuries were not serious and she would soon wake.
• The Woman in Ruqun woke, introduced herself as Ye Qingxian, and bowed to Li Zhōujūn, whom she believed to be an Eternal Twelfth Stage senior.
• After the Eleventh Seat finished roasting the chickens, Li Zhōujūn recorded his smile beside them and threatened to send the Recording Stone to the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls.
• The Eleventh Seat Demon God Remnant Soul realized the other Seats could use the recording to call him a traitor and destroy him.

Li Zhōujūn blackmailed the Eleventh Seat Demon God Remnant Soul into becoming his informant and sent him back to the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls with a concealed clone. The Eleventh Seat returned to the halls, where the Thirteenth Throne defended his right to stay.

• Li Zhōujūn threatened to give the Recording Stone to the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls unless the Eleventh Seat became his informant, and the Eleventh Seat reluctantly agreed.
• Li Zhōujūn attached a concealed clone to the Eleventh Seat and told him to take it to the Seventy-Two Demon God Halls.
• The Eleventh Seat returned to the halls, where the other Seats welcomed him but suggested he leave their affairs because he had become weak.
• The Thirteenth Throne told the other Seats to let the Eleventh Seat stay, while the Eleventh Seat secretly acknowledged that Li Zhōujūn's clone had gone undetected.

Li Zhōujūn reunited with the Virtual-Real Sage after leaving Louyue Kingdom, then continued wandering through the Eternal Continent. In Yanguang City, he learned that Luoshui had become a performer and left without meeting her, while she watched him go and vowed to reach the continent’s summit.

• Li Zhōujūn and Ye Qingxian met the Virtual-Real Sage at the white jade stele, and Li Zhōujūn pressed him about their fishing-rod bet.
• Ye Qingxian thanked Li Zhōujūn and returned to the Land of the End, where she told Empress of the End how he had saved her.
• Empress of the End urged Ye Qingxian to reach the Eternal Twelfth Stage and repay her debt to Li Zhōujūn herself.
• Li Zhōujūn wandered into Yanguang City and heard that Luoshui, once known as Great Emperor Luoshui, was performing at the Divine Music Tower.
• Li Zhōujūn declined the Divine Music Tower owner’s invitation and left without seeing Luoshui, who recognized him from an upstairs window and vowed to reach the summit of the Eternal Continent.

Li Zhōujūn encountered Crown Prince Mu Shu during a border inspection and refused his offer of titles and riches. Mu Shu left on friendly terms, while Luoshui learned that the famed Azure Emperor was the same Li Zhōujūn she had once traveled with.

• Li Zhōujūn remained standing as Mu Shu’s procession passed, and General Lu He challenged him to bow.
• Mu Shu stopped Lu He and offered Li Zhōujūn honors and a place in his command, but Li Zhōujūn refused.
• Mu Shu accepted the refusal graciously, renewed his invitation, and continued the inspection with Lu He.
• At the Divine Music Tower, a performer told Luoshui about the encounter and revealed the Azure Emperor’s name was Li Zhōujūn.
• Luoshui realized the Azure Emperor was the same Li Zhōujūn who had once braved the Drowning God Abyss with her.

Luoshui and Sòng Xiá learned that they had been ordered to dance at the Yi Family’s birthday celebration, where Yì Chéngjǐn could threaten them. Yì Chéngjǐn had Yǔdài dragged away to be killed and planned to meet Luoshui, while Elder Qu warned him that the Azure Emperor remained in Yanguang City.

• Dù Xuányí told Luoshui and Sòng Xiá to perform at Old Master Yi’s birthday celebration in ten days and warned them not to offend the Yi Family.
• Sòng Xiá told Luoshui that Yǔdài had disappeared after falling into the hands of Yì Chéngjǐn, and feared the dancers would be in danger.
• At the Yi Family estate, Yì Chéngjǐn ordered his servants to take the badly injured Yǔdài away and feed her to the dogs.
• Elder Qu cautioned Yì Chéngjǐn to show restraint because the Crown Prince had recently left and the Azure Emperor was still in Yanguang City.
• Yì Chéngjǐn learned that Luoshui would be among the Divine Music Tower dancers and said he wanted to meet her; Elder Qu also told him that Yì Fánhuā would not attend the celebration.