Recaps

Lin Heng escaped the Shadow Alliance’s sacrifice plot as Jiang Jingyi and her allies defeated the rebels, then faced conflict over his relationship with Dugu Yueli and Jiang Zhenqing’s fate. The arc ended with Jiang Zhenqing accepting a role in Jiang Jingyi’s plans while Lin Heng remained bound and boasting about his place at her side.

• Long Da revealed the plan to revive both the Medical Ancestor and the Martial Ancestor, while Jiang Jingyi broke through the fortress defenses and Murong Ziyan gathered reinforcements.
• Wen Zhou showed that tens of thousands of Shadow Alliance allies had assembled to overthrow the Central Domain’s old Immortal Clans, while Meng Yutong and the others became trapped in the fortress.
• Sun Hao’s forces ambushed the invading armies at the Yu Clan Immortal Territory, and Dugu Qingyang rescued Lin Heng from Long Da’s group.
• Lin Heng escaped the collapsing underground city, reunited with his allies, and used the Human Emperor Banner to seize the souls of Zhao Zigong and Bai Zihe.
• Jiang Jingyi confronted Jiang Zhenqing over his betrayal and ordered him to cripple his cultivation, but he refused and faced her deadline.
• Lin Heng declared his intentions toward Dugu Yueli, fought the Taoist Nun, and woke to find his legs sealed after Dugu Yueli had arranged a punishment for him.
• Lin Heng offered to protect Jiang Zhenqing in exchange for his cooperation, but Jiang Jingyi intervened and offered her brother a chance to serve her on the Heavenly Action Continent.
• Jiang Zhenqing accepted Jiang Jingyi’s offer, while Murong Ziyan took the bound Lin Heng away as he called himself Jiang Jingyi’s husband and future imperial consort.

Lin Heng uncovered the Bai Clan’s connection to the Northern Domain, refined the Age Dao, and prepared for the threat posed by the revived Martial Ancestor Long Yun. After overcoming Long Yun with the awakened King Path, Lin Heng ordered the occupying forces to withdraw, while Xiao Muyu warned Jiang Jingyi that she must kill Lin Heng to escape her karmic backlash.

• Jiang Jingyi sealed Lin Heng, who then told Sun Hao that he was the true Bai Zihe and sent him to investigate the Bai Clan’s ancestral land in the Northern Domain.
• Dugu Yueli argued that the Immortal Clan remnants should not be exterminated, and Lin Heng encouraged her to unite forces while preserving opportunities for future generations.
• Lin Heng visited the Old Lin Family, where Saint Ye had refined the Age Dao for him, and he spent eight hours incorporating it into his consciousness.
• Lin Xiaobai reported that Martial Ancestor Long Yun had revived, and Lin Heng learned that Long Yun was marching south after killing Long Da and gravely wounding the Sword Sect’s old ancestor.
• Jiang Jingyi discussed the Jiang Dynasty’s future and the dangers of the Starry Sky Ancient Road with Lin Heng, while Long Yun defeated Wu Ba and seized his Holy Artifact.
• Lin Heng reached the ruined Immortal Sect Pass, sent allies to investigate activity around the Bai Clan Ancestral Land and other northern sites, then confronted Long Yun himself.
• Lin Heng used the Age Dao to counter Long Yun’s attacks, and Xiao Muyu appeared before Jiang Jingyi to offer relief from karmic backlash if she killed Lin Heng.
• Lin Heng awakened the King Path, took Long Yun’s Holy Artifact, and sent him flying, then gave the occupying forces three days to withdraw as Long Yun ordered his troops to retreat.

Lin Heng uncovered the Buddhist Path and Medical Path’s attempt to create resurrection puppets, then faced the emergence of Xiao Juming and the Calamity. After surviving a devastating attack, he learned that his delayed Mortal Tribulation could bring a death omen, and the women around him set out to fulfill it themselves.

• Lin Heng rescued Sun Hao and Bai Yi from the collapsing Immortal Palace, then infiltrated the Buddhist Path and Medical Path’s camp by disguising himself as Zhou De.
• At the secret ritual, Lin Heng exposed himself to the old immortal master, fought the believers, and learned that the master planned to use him as a vessel for the Buddha Master.
• Lin Heng and Hua Qi discovered that Song Wuji was helping create memory puppets, but Song Wuji activated an altar that sacrificed ninety-nine captives and unleashed Black Mist.
• A giant eye and black hand attacked Lin Heng, while Xiao Juming emerged from the black pillar and ordered Song Wuji to announce his return.
• Hua Qi brought Lin Heng back to camp, where she and Dugu Qingyang warned that people with bloodlines, bones, and memory fragments could be targeted for resurrection puppets.
• Jiang Jingyi told Lin Heng that Xiao Muyu had warned him of a delayed Mortal Tribulation that could become a death tribulation and required one of his women to kill him.
• Meng Yutong, Duan Shuyun, Yun Yao, Jiang Caiyan, and the others secretly took turns exhausting Lin Heng, while he pleaded for rest and eventually passed out.
• Meng Yutong sealed the space around Lin Heng’s bed as Hua Qi, Mu Li, and Jiang Jingyi discussed who would take the next turn.

Lin Heng died to fulfill his Peach Blossom Calamity, then learned that the revived Martial Emperor and a spreading Calamity threatened the mortal world. As his allies fought the resurrected and investigated their origins, Dugu Yueli left to confront a crisis in the Demon Domain, while Jiang Wu vowed to capture Lin Heng.

• Meng Yutong, Mu Li, Hua Qi, and Jiang Jingyi took turns draining Lin Heng until he died, and Xiao Muyu revived his consciousness in the Underworld.
• Xiao Muyu explained that Lin Heng’s unresolved Peach Blossom Calamity had become a death tribulation and urged him to seek Dao Integration in the Netherworld.
• Dugu Qingyang led an army into the Northern Domain, where Jiang Wu defeated the assault and Calamity consumed thousands of cultivators before Jiang Jingyi ordered a retreat.
• Xiao Muyu and Lin Heng concluded that the revived Martial Emperor and Literary Emperor were tied to abnormal destiny, while Lin Heng remained trapped in the Underworld and unable to reach Dao Integration.
• Dugu Yueli and Jiang Jingyi discussed Lin Heng’s tribulation and their roles in the Inner Court, while Lin Heng’s projection warned Jiang Jingyi that Jiang Wu might not be a puppet.
• Dugu Gui’s group captured Han Yue, but Han Yue transformed into Calamity inside the Human Emperor Banner before Bai Yi contained it, prompting Lin Heng to suspect the First Epoch and its allies were behind the scheme.
• Lin Heng outlined how the epochs had shifted alliances and told Bai Yi to follow Little Cabbage’s orders and investigate Sun Hao.
• Dugu Yueli joined Dugu Xuexue, Xiao Lan, and Yu Ling to investigate the threat driving demons from their lands, while Jiang Wu destroyed the evacuated Centennial Sword Sect and vowed to capture Lin Heng.