Recaps

Xu Xiaoshou killed Rao Yaoyao, joined Ba Zunan’s Saint Slave, and received the Heavenly Ancestor’s inheritance. In Yujing City, he uncovered Saint Slave’s plans for the Four Symbols Secret Realm and learned the truth about Sang Qiye’s past as Wuxiu.

• Xu Xiaoshou pursued Rao Yaoyao through a spatial rift and killed her with Hidden Pain, while her Star-Moon Songstress failed to save her.
• Ba Zunan faced Dao Qiongchang after the battle, and Dao escaped by self-destructing under the cover of Heavenly Secrets Art.
• Water Ghost freed Yu Lingdi and left Saint Slave, then Xu Xiaoshou persuaded him to cooperate with First Pavilion Under Heaven.
• Ba Zunan invited Xu Xiaoshou to join Saint Slave as his second-in-command, and Xu accepted the Receiving-Character Token despite accidentally tearing off Ba Zunan’s fingers and wrist.
• Ba Zunan and Kong Yuhen restored Void Island and confronted the Spirit of the Heavenly Ancestor, which accepted their terms and bestowed its inheritance on Xu Xiaoshou.
• Xu Xiaoshou traveled in disguise to Yujing City, where he challenged Feng Xiao, confronted Ghost Face, and met Aunt Xiang at Quiet Osmanthus Pavilion.
• Aunt Xiang told Xu Xiaoshou that Saint Slave planned to enter the Four Symbols Secret Realm to seek the ancient Qilin’s power before the Holy Palace Trial.
• Aunt Xiang revealed that Wuxiu was Sang Qiye, leader of Fen Qin, and recounted how his fight with Old Gou devastated Heting Mountain and shattered Fen Qin.

Xu Xiaoshou transformed the Origin Mansion into the Apricot Realm, awakened powerful abilities, and entered Yujing City under the identity Xu Gusheng. He manipulated Three Incense Sticks and the Holy Spirit Hall with false leads, then confronted Hua Xiang at the Holy Palace Trial announcement.

• Dao Qiongchang reported the Holy Spirit Hall’s defeat at Sky City, warned that Ba Zunan led Saint Slave, and resigned before reforming the Hall with Ai Cangsheng and appointing new leaders.
• Xu Xiaoshou raised his Breathing Method and passive skills to Saint Emperor level, while Dragon Apricot became the World Tree of the evolving Apricot Realm.
• Shen Yi attacked Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain with a phantom, and Xu Xiaoshou decided to learn ancient martial arts from him.
• Xu Xiaoshou awakened World-Apart Independence, Limit Giant, and Divine Agility Moment, then used Dragon Apricots to become a five-clawed true dragon and create a stronger Jinren.
• Xu Xiaoshou entered Yujing City as Xu Gusheng, massacred the assassins at Three Incense Sticks, and arranged a false lead that placed Xu Xiaoshou at Heting Mountain.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Aunt Xiang spread rumors about the Ran Ming Ruins and the Heting Mountain inheritance, while he learned that the Holy Spirit Hall had formed the Heaven Group to target Saint Slave.
• Xu Xiaoshou manipulated Three Incense Sticks’ intelligence network and learned that Hua Xiang would announce the Holy Palace Trial at Golden Phoenix Plaza.
• Xu Xiaoshou interrupted Hua Xiang’s announcement, challenged her over the trial and the East Heavenly King City incident, and Hua Xiang seized her pill cauldron and charged at him.

Xu Xiaoshou’s search for the Qilin collided with the Godslayer Edicts, Wei Feng’s rampage, and the arrival of Bei Huai. The arc ended with Xu Xiaoshou exposing his identity before the trial-takers and urgently calling for Aunt Xiang to save him.

• Wei An began the Holy Palace Trial early, and Xu Xiaoshou hurried to the Four Symbols Secret Realm while asking Ba Zunan for support.
• Cen Qiaofu used the chaos around the trial to begin his sainthood tribulation, while Xu Xiaoshou sent Mo Mo and others toward the Ran Ming Ruins and went after the Qilin.
• Xu Xiaoshou killed Ao Sheng with a forehead flick, and Jinren activated a hidden Starry Formation against the Holy Spirit Hall forces pursuing them.
• Cen Qiaofu fought Wang Big Hammer and Fangfang until Yue Gongli intervened, while Dao Qiongchang’s plans drew Wei Feng into conflict with Jinren and Xu Xiaoshou.
• Feng Yujin took control of Mo Mo and overwhelmed Wei Feng, but the Gray Mist Hand sealed the region as Ai Cangsheng fired the Evil God’s Arrow and a divine phantom split it with God-Slaying Power.
• Xu Xiaoshou found the exhausted Holy Emperor Qilin and fought it, but Bei Huai’s sorrowful power swept through the secret realm and forced Xu Xiaoshou to confront him.
• Bei Huai attacked the Apricot Realm, and Xu Xiaoshou pierced his soul with the Illusion Annihilation Finger before Mu Lin contained and cast away the resulting blast.
• Xu Xiaoshou returned to his true body before the trial-takers, where Yu Zhiwen recognized him and he urgently called for Aunt Xiang.

Xu Xiaoshou defeated Bei Huai’s Saint Emperor Qilin and survived the ensuing attacks with help from his allies, then collapsed into recovery. Meanwhile, Dao Qiongchang began hunting Aunt Xiang and Five Declines of Heaven and Man, leaving both in his grasp.

• Yu Zhiwen shielded Greed God from Bei Huai, and Xu Xiaoshou arrived to freeze time while Shen Yi struck Bei Huai into the soul gate.
• Shen Yi fought Bei Huai’s Saint Emperor Qilin while teaching Xu Xiaoshou the Hungry Ghost Path, but the Qilin severed Shen Yi’s connection and left Xu Xiaoshou to face it alone.
• Xu Xiaoshou transformed into the Limit Giant, overcame the Qilin’s powers, and crushed it after Lei Xier, Ye Xiaotian, and Shen Yi helped him fight Bei Huai’s remnant will.
• Xu Xiaoshou entrusted his recovery to Greed God and his allies, then entered the Apricot Realm and fell unconscious as Greed God put him and Lei Xier in a pill cauldron.
• Dao Qiongchang trapped Aunt Xiang in Yujing City, killed Meier, and sent Shen Yi to the Western Region through the cloth doll.
• Ye Xiaotian sealed his sainthood but was badly injured by Saint Emperor Wangze’s attack before Xuan Wuji escaped with him to Siling Mountain.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man used the Bloodworld Pearl to seek Xu Xiaoshou and investigate the concealed figure in Yujing City, then received a message from the man holding the Heavenly Secrets Compass.
• Dao Qiongchang captured Aunt Xiang and confronted Five Declines of Heaven and Man, imprisoning him and demanding to know how he obtained the Devouring Body.