Recaps

Xu Xiaoshou exposed Dao Qiongchang’s schemes, entered the Dead Sea, and tested Pei Yuan while rescuing and recruiting allies. As he descended toward Wuxiu, he underwent a lightning tribulation and awakened new powers, while Ai Cangsheng resisted Sui Yin’s temptation.

• Dao Qiongchang escaped the Cold Palace Imperial Realm with Moon Palace Slave, then returned disguised as Dao Xuanji and taunted A-Li before leaving Xu Xiaoshou to face the Cold Palace Saint Emperor.
• Xu Xiaoshou revealed Dao Qiongchang’s role in their schemes, confronted the Cold Palace Saint Emperor, and used a Dragon Orb and shield to smash the Saint Ancestor’s Hand.
• Dao Qiongchang awakened Fish Elder, who reclaimed Sui Yin’s sealed Saint Emperor status and flew toward the Wurao Emperor Realm, drawing the Cold Palace Saint Emperor away as Xu Xiaoshou headed for the Dead Sea.
• Xu Xiaoshou entered the Dead Sea, broke into Blackstone Prison, freed Zhu Yike, and defeated Pei Yuan’s three attacks before giving Zhu Yike Pei Yuan’s Half-Saint Godhood and a pouch for Lord Li.
• Zhu Yike emerged from the Dead Sea and taunted Ai Cangsheng, who trapped him with the Evil Sin Bow, but God-Worship Willow pierced the World-Severing Gate and carried Zhu Yike to safety.
• Xu Xiaoshou descended to the sixth level, met Kong Yuhen, and watched Aunt Xiang use a Spatial Origin Seed to escape Blackstone Prison with Bei Bei and set out to rescue other prisoners.
• Xu Xiaoshou began a Nine-Death Lightning Tribulation on the sixth level, awakened Absolute Repulsion and Immeasurable Silence Seed, and Ai Cangsheng rejected Lei Xiaoxiao’s offer of the Supreme Mystery Scripture.
• Xu Xiaoshou tested Immeasurable Silence Seed against Heaven Ancestor Power and Sword Thought, then began trying to awaken Jinren’s transformation.

Xu Xiaoshou advanced his Dao, confronted Sui Yin in Hua Weiyang’s Flower World, and faced Ai Cangsheng as Wuxiu returned. After Elder Sang and his allies reshaped the Holy Spirit Continent, Xu Xiaoshou completed his Dao and summoned Hidden Pain for the final battle.

• Xu Xiaoshou awakened Grotesque Trickery and Berserk Golden Body, survived the Nine-Death Lightning Tribulation, and advanced his Sword Dao through a Will Sword that drew Hua Weiyang into contact with him.
• Xu Xiaoshou endured Hua Weiyang’s nested Flower World, learned his sayings about Transcendent Dao Transformation and the Ancestor Gods, and discussed the Ten Ancestors and their Godhoods with Dao Qiongchang.
• Xu Xiaoshou raised several Great Dao Disks to 89 percent, evolved his abilities, and confronted Sui Yin in the Flower World before learning its forbidden technique, Reversal of Forgotten Appearances.
• Xu Xiaoshou summoned Wuxiu back from the Dead Sea, but Ai Cangsheng attacked and then invoked the War Ancestor to trap them in the Ancient Battle God Platform until one of them died.
• Elder Sang became Grudge, melted the Heavenly Ladder, and helped shrink the Holy Spirit Continent as Ba Zunan, the Black-and-White Branches, and other allies gathered around Wuxiu.
• Xu Xiaoshou confronted Holy Emperor Purple Pet, realized the Two Lives Aspect through the Emotion Sword Art, and declared his Dao complete before turning back to Ai Cangsheng.
• Cao Erzhu shattered the Seal Stone sword casket and released Hidden Pain, which had become a first-grade Famous Sword after Kui Leihan reforged it.

Xu Xiaoshou defeated Ai Cangsheng, uncovered the truth behind his devotion to Lei Xiaoxiao, and thwarted Sui Yin’s return. As the Five Domains faced new threats, Cao Erzhu and Matchmaker’s group entered the widening conflict.

• Xu Xiaoshou used Hidden Pain and the Immeasurable Silence Seed to withstand Ai Cangsheng’s arrows, then defeated him with Passive Fist and tracked his surviving soul to the Southern Domain.
• Ai Cangsheng returned through the Soul-Returning Mound, but Xu Xiaoshou used illusion to break his technique and destroy his body, only for his remnant consciousness to persist.
• Xu Xiaoshou sent Jinren into the past, where Ai Cangsheng explained Sui Yin’s hold on him, warned them about Dao Qiongchang, and revealed Lei Xiaoxiao had left him the Eye of the Great Dao.
• Xu Xiaoshou told Ai Cangsheng that Lei Xiaoxiao had wanted him to live well, while Feng Yujin tried to seal the Sui Yin Puppet and Dao Qiongchang escaped with the real one.
• Dao Qiongchang’s schemes kept Xu Xiaoshou from intervening as Sui Yin attacked Ai Cangsheng’s remnant consciousness, but Xu Xiaoshou revealed he had disguised himself to deceive them and gathered Ai Cangsheng’s fading consciousness.
• Xu Xiaoshou announced Ai Cangsheng’s defeat, secured the Evil Sin Bow and the Eye of the Great Dao, and invited Yu Zhiwen to help bury the Eye.
• Cao Erzhu went to confront Ghost Buddha at Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain Ruins, while Matchmaker broadcast from the Central Origin Realm as vicious ghosts attacked her group.
• An unseen attacker killed Uncle Jin, and a pale face appeared over his neck and told Matchmaker and her viewers that their souls smelled delicious.

Xu Xiaoshou defeated Hua Changdeng in the Ghost Buddha Realm, then used his memories and disguises to infiltrate the Cloud Mountain and Cold Palace realms. After Xu’s hidden discussions with the maidservants were uncovered, Yue Gongli and Hua Changdeng pursued him, and Yue Gongli found something disturbing in Yue Gonghui’s memories.

• Cao Erzhu defeated the Corpse Man and learned that the Holy Emperor’s image knew his father, while the Fragrant Cassia Carriage’s Sword-Bearing Chicken and Xu Xiaoshou’s Ten-Stage Sword Finger overcame White-Faced Ghost.
• Matchmaker recognized the carriage’s young master as Master Shou, and Xu Xiaoshou confronted Hua Changdeng after learning of Yu Kunpeng’s fate.
• Xu Xiaoshou challenged Hua Changdeng with Name: Tide Rising, survived Hua Changdeng’s transformation into a yin-soul, and destroyed his remnant soul with the Power of Reputation.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Soul Reading to explore Hua Changdeng’s memories, then entered the Cloud Mountain Emperor Realm’s past and contaminated its memory imprints.
• Hua Changdeng discovered that the clan elders had sent the ancestral stone stele into shattered spacetime, while Xu Xiaoshou impersonated Hua Zhiyao and provoked Yue Gongli into splitting the stele.
• Xu Xiaoshou learned about the Sorrowful and Heavenly Origin Emperor Realms from the maidservants, then escaped Listening Rain Pavilion before Yue Gongli and Hua Changdeng returned.
• Yue Gongli and Hua Changdeng investigated the maidservants’ memories and headed for the Wurao Emperor Realm after learning Xu Xiaoshou had appeared there, while Yue Gongli later searched Yue Gonghui’s soul and condemned what he found.