Recaps

Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang battled Sui Yin across the Relics of the Gods, gaining the Life Command Divine Seal and killing Saint Emperor Wangze before Sui Yin turned the struggle toward Cao Erzhu. The arc ended with Xu Xiaoshou drawing the Yousi Sword as Dao Qiongchang began a ritual to summon Ba Zunan and strike at Sui Yin’s will.

• Dao Qiongchang defeated the Saint-Infant Bearing Plant, but an unseen attacker destroyed his head before Xu Xiaoshou’s group escaped with him to Sui Yin’s Galaxy World.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang resisted Sui Yin Ran Ming, summoned the Shatter-Jun Shield, and fought through the collapse of the Galaxy Divine Court as Sui Yin revealed its true form.
• Dao Qiongchang took control of Cao Erzhu’s body and, as Cao Yihan, joined Xu Xiaoshou to battle Sui Yin and destroy the Life Command Divine Hall.
• Xu Xiaoshou claimed the Life Command Divine Seal and Heavenly Realm Core, while Sui Yin entered Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion and enlisted Kong Yuhen’s promise to oppose injustice.
• Xu Xiaoshou, Dao Qiongchang, and Cao Yihan attacked Saint Emperor Wangze, and Xu Xiaoshou killed him with Heaven Abandoned before Sui Yin possessed Rao Wangze’s body.
• Sui Yin separated Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang from their bodies and tried to devour Cao Erzhu, but Kui Leihan shattered the art and rescued his son.
• Xu Xiaoshou pulled Cao Erzhu’s soul from Sui Yin’s grasp and escaped, while Dao Qiongchang revealed a plan to wound Sui Yin’s will using Xu Xiaoshou’s sword and Ba Zunan’s contingency.
• Xu Xiaoshou returned to the battle and drew the Yousi Sword as Dao Qiongchang prepared a ritual to summon Ba Zunan.

Xu Xiaoshou defeated Sui Yin with Ba Zunan’s help, then pursued the Dragon Character and reclaimed control of the Relics of the Gods. After confronting Dao Qiongchang over the souls he had taken, Xu Xiaoshou sent Jinren away and stepped through the tree door.

• Xu Xiaoshou used his first sword to split Hundun and destroy Sui Yin’s body, then summoned Ba Zunan’s aid as he prepared his second and third strikes.
• Ba Zunan awakened in the Ancient Books World and guided Xu Xiaoshou’s Sword Thought as he cut through Sui Yin’s defenses with Unified Extreme Sword.
• Sui Yin fled with the Dragon Character, but Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang caught up and tricked him into exchanging it for Xu Xiaoshou’s underwear.
• Xu Xiaoshou refined the Heavenly Realm Core and sent the Relics of the Gods drifting through spacetime, while Dao Qiongchang explained the history connecting Ba Zunan, Hua Changdeng, and Moon Palace Slave.
• Xu Xiaoshou and Dao Qiongchang restored Yue Gongli and Cao Erzhu, then returned thousands of entrants to their former locations through the Guiding Great Path.
• Xu Xiaoshou demanded the return of his allies’ souls, and Dao Qiongchang returned several soul fragments but refused to give up Bai Zhou.
• Xu Xiaoshou agreed to let Dao Qiongchang take Bai Zhou, while Yue Gongli returned home and Dao Qiongchang left with Xu Xiaoshou’s external incarnation.
• Jinren escaped Dao Qiongchang’s plan and gave Xiao Wanfeng two rings, while Xu Xiaoshou restored his allies, left his true body behind, and stepped through the tree door.

Xu Xiaoshou returned to Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain, fought Ai Cangsheng’s forces, and confronted Dao Qiongchang at the Grey Palace of the Xu Moon. After rallying the Five Domains and setting the coming conflict in motion, Xu Xiaoshou headed toward the Dead Sea, while a masked figure arrived at the Holy Mountain and intervened against Qin Duan.

• Xu Xiaoshou appeared on Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain and publicly challenged Ai Cangsheng, defeating Qin Duan and repeatedly evading the Great Emperor’s arrows.
• Xu Xiaoshou entered the Relics of the Gods, strengthened his mastery skills, and awakened Thought Deprivation and Blade of the Fallen Kingdom with the Dragon Apricot Spirit’s blessing.
• Xu Xiaoshou confronted Dao Qiongchang at the Grey Palace of the Xu Moon, killed Wei Feng, and obtained a fragment of Mo Mo’s soul before revealing Dao Qiongchang’s promise to help him.
• Ai Cangsheng discovered that the Xu Xiaoshou before him was an incarnation, killed Jinren with the Wing-Breaking Arrow, and ordered the forces to move toward the Dead Sea.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Puppet Thread Control and a broadcast to challenge the Five Domains’ systems and call on people to fight, then defeated Qin Duan with the Dragon-Painting Halberd.
• Ai Cangsheng said he hoped Xu Xiaoshou would be worthy to defeat him, while Qin Duan killed Feng Zhongzui after returning to consciousness.
• An orange-robed figure protected Feng Zhongzui from Qin Duan’s attack, revealed a Yama Mask, and agreed to kill Qin Duan.

Xu Xiaoshou intervened in Ai Cangsheng’s battle with Five Declines of Heaven and Man, then exposed the secrets of self-imprisonment and the limits that trapped the world’s powerful. The revelations left the Five Domains shaken, while Dao Qiongchang’s dealings with Moon Palace Slave ended in a clash over her long-held principles.

• Five Declines of Heaven and Man fought Ai Cangsheng, survived his arrows, and sought death while demanding justice for people born with sin.
• Xu Xiaoshou stopped Ai Cangsheng’s attack, restored Five Declines of Heaven and Man, and persuaded both fighters to halt their battle before more of the Five Domains was destroyed.
• Five Declines of Heaven and Man named Bei Huai as the culprit behind the Red Robes’ condition and left to kill him, while Xu Xiaoshou moved Ai Cangsheng toward the Southern Domain.
• Xu Xiaoshou uprooted God-Worship Willow and Nine-Sacrifice Osmanthus and brought them into the Apricot Realm, where God-Worship Willow became a World Tree and Li Fugui received the Lord Seal.
• Elder Sang asked Cao Erzhu to forge Hidden Pain, and Xu Xiaoshou’s Jinren proposed turning the First Heaven into a Heavenly Mystery Gate linked to the Apricot Realm.
• Xu Xiaoshou confronted A-Si and learned that powerful beings, artifacts, spirit plants, and cultivators were slaves who had imprisoned themselves, while godhood and the Void imposed further limits on advancement.
• Dao Qiongchang, disguised as Dai'er, confronted Yue Gonghui in Cold Prison and revealed his abuse of Dai'er, prompting Moon Palace Slave to take up Nuxian against him.
• Dao Qiongchang restrained Moon Palace Slave before she could kill Yue Gonghui, and she demanded to leave Cold Prison and see Ba Zunan.