Recaps

Jiang Liu returned from the sea and helped bring the Flowing Cloud Sect and Star Moon Sect toward an alliance, agreeing to marry Gongsun Haoyue alongside Murong Yin and Feng Yue. As preparations began, hostile forces and dissenting elders quietly moved to undermine the wedding and the alliance.

• Jiang Liu and the Fire-Winged Monkey escaped Baili Ji, Baili Qiang, and Baili He, then Jiang Liu imprinted the Sea Turtle and returned to Cloud City with it.
• Jiang Liu discovered that his Divine Sense had expanded beyond ten kilometers and concluded that the Heavenly Dao had died after the Great Qin era, leaving Peak Grandmaster as the highest attainable realm.
• Ming Chengyun and Jiang Congyue returned badly injured and reported that remnants of the Haotian Sect had ambushed them, prompting Jiang Liu to promise vengeance and compensation for the dead.
• Jiang Liu traveled to the Flowing Cloud Sect, where Flowing Cloud Matriarch told him that she and Gongsun Haoyue wanted to unite their sects against their enemies.
• Gongsun Haoyue proposed a marriage alliance, and Jiang Liu agreed after Murong Yin and Feng Yue approved the plan, and they chose to hold a wedding after the New Year.
• Flowing Cloud Matriarch assigned Nangong Yun to arrange the wedding, while rumors of Jiang Liu's three brides spread and drew the attention of hidden forces.
• Wei Jin and Jiang Lan discussed the Haotian Sect remnants and their efforts to disrupt the alliance, while Wei Jin sought help from imprisoned Grandmasters' guards.
• Yun Xian and other elders opposed to the alliance discussed stopping the wedding, and Yun He secretly began associating with people Wei Jin had sent.

Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue married and united the Flowing Cloud Sect and Star Moon Sect as the Star Cloud Saint Sect, then set out to investigate Medicine King Valley. There, Jiang Liu found Jiang Lan’s group and fought King Chujiang Hall forces, leaving Gongliang Tang and Gongliang Yi facing him and his allies after their six Grandmasters fell.

• Flowing Cloud Matriarch exposed Xingbai’s plan to free the Haotian Sect Grandmaster, while Jiang Liu learned of Jiang Lan’s hiding place and searched for him without success.
• As wedding guests arrived, Jiang Liu’s attempt to break free from the Heavenly Dao triggered a dangerous breakthrough that destroyed his house but ended with him taking a step forward.
• Jiang Liu married Murong Yin, Feng Yue, and Gongsun Haoyue, and the lightning that struck during the ceremony disappeared into his Divine Sea.
• Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue merged the Flowing Cloud Sect and Star Moon Sect into the Star Cloud Saint Sect, established the Star Cloud Holy Dynasty, and reorganized its government and sect institutions.
• After receiving a plea for help from Medicine King Valley, Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue traveled to Li Province and learned that King Chujiang Hall forces had taken control of the valley.
• Jiang Liu subdued Jiang Lan’s group, killed Wei Jin, Cheng Tian, Tang Fei, and their fighters, and took the Cultivation Pearl before rushing to Gongsun Haoyue’s battle with Gongliang Yi.
• Gongliang Tang and Gongliang Yi joined the fight against Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue, and six King Chujiang Hall Grandmasters surrounded Jiang Liu with their linked formation.
• The Fire-Winged Monkey killed two of the six Grandmasters, and the Sea Turtle crushed the last two, leaving Gongliang Tang and Gongliang Yi facing Jiang Liu, Gongsun Haoyue, and the two Beast Emperors.

Jiang Liu defeated King Chujiang Hall’s forces, secured the Blood Attraction Flower, and pursued Gongliang Bo into the desert. After Gongliang Bo and Gongliang Chu were drawn into a hidden realm and killed, Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue remained there to cultivate and search for a way out.

• Jiang Liu killed Gongliang Yi and destroyed King Chujiang Hall’s forces around Medicine King Valley, then helped the valley identify and claim the Blood Attraction Flower.
• Jiang Liu learned that King Chujiang Hall had lost its mainland mission and that Dongling Rui had taken the hall master position from Gongliang Bo, who was sent to guard the Ancestral Tomb.
• Jiang Liu arranged for Medicine King Valley to relocate to Shan County, and Qiu Su harvested the matured Blood Attraction Flower and made pills from it.
• After Yun Hao reported Gongliang Bo’s demotion, Jiang Liu and Gongsun Haoyue crossed the desert to confront him in the Lisha Illusionary Realm.
• Jiang Liu and his allies fought Gongliang Bo and Gongliang Chu near the King Chujiang statue, until Gongliang Chu’s attempted self-detonation transported them into a hidden realm.
• Jiang Liu and his companions defeated Gongliang Chu and cornered Gongliang Bo, who detonated himself, leaving Jiang Liu to find their remains vanishing.
• Jiang Liu discovered a frightened soul inside Gongliang Bo’s treasure pagoda and gave the pagoda to Gongsun Haoyue, who mastered its protection.
• Jiang Liu found that the hidden realm replenished his Essence and Spirit Power, and he and Gongsun Haoyue began cultivating there while seeking a way out.

Jiang Liu advanced to the Saint Realm, uncovered the secret realm’s hidden workings, and brought it under his control. He left King Chujiang Hall alive but subdued, and made it answer to his future orders.

• Jiang Liu broke through the barriers of his spiritual sea, overcame a series of powerful opponents in the secret realm, and awakened after Gongsun Haoyue risked her Divine Sense to pull him from an illusion.
• Jiang Liu explored the expanded secret realm, found a dead Martial Saint and the Half-Origin Celestial Pearl, then discovered the Ruyi Celestial Palace and learned how the Heaven-Veiling Grand Formation concealed the realm.
• Jiang Liu took control of the Ruyi Celestial Palace and the Yin-Yang Rings, learned that the Heavenly Dao had opposed Saint Realm martial artists, and survived an advancement tribulation with the Data Panel’s protection.
• Jiang Liu restored the formation and moved the secret realm, then traveled with Gongsun Haoyue, the Fire-Winged Monkey, and the Sea Turtle to King Chujiang Hall’s headquarters.
• Jiang Liu agreed to spare King Chujiang Hall if it helped eliminate the other Halls of Yama, then destroyed its temple and statue with one saber strike and killed the divine soul within.
• Dongling Rui and King Chujiang Hall submitted to Jiang Liu, who let them retain daily administration while ordering them to carry out his future tasks.