Recaps

Xu Xiaoshou escaped the White Robes, but Yu Lingdi’s possession drew him into a clash between Elder Sang and Gou Wuyue, where Ai Cangsheng’s arrow nearly killed him. After Ba Zunan defeated Gou Wuyue and the Saint Slave regrouped, Xu Xiaoshou accepted a mission to East Heavenly King City and set out with Mo Mo, Xin Gugu, and the Gray Mist Man.

• Gou Wuyue overwhelmed Haitang’er and Cen Qiaofu, while Ba Zunan escaped with Haitang’er and Cen Qiaofu’s Blood Tree transformation forced the White Robes into battle.
• Xu Xiaoshou evaded White Robes by disguising himself as Ba Zunan, improved Lin Ruohuan’s spirit sword, and arranged for Lin Ruohuan and Tong Feng to take Lu Ke away.
• Yu Lingdi revealed that he had hidden inside Xu Xiaoshou and tried to capture him, but Elder Sang arrived, claimed Xu Xiaoshou as his disciple, and burned Yu Lingdi down with Dragon-Fusion Realm.
• Elder Sang confronted Gou Wuyue, but Yu Lingdi’s mark enabled Ai Cangsheng to target Xu Xiaoshou with the Evil Sin Bow, and the arrow destroyed A-Jie, A Huo, and A Bing before Gou Wuyue rewound its effects.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s Passive Fist struck Gou Wuyue and destroyed his head, while Elder Sang restored Xu Xiaoshou and sent him away from the battlefield.
• Ba Zunan returned to face Gou Wuyue, killed Wang Rang, broke into the Innate Realm, and used Great Buddha Slash to kill hundreds of White Robes before leaving Gou Wuyue alive.
• Xu Xiaoshou reunited with Ba Zunan and the others, learned more about Mu Zixi’s God-Devil Pupils, and heard Ba Zunan explain a route through East Heavenly King City and the Holy Palace toward Gui-Zhe Holy Mountain.
• Xu Xiaoshou accepted Ba Zunan’s assessment mission, took the Gray Mist Man under his protection, and left for East Heavenly King City with Mo Mo and Xin Gugu while Jiao Tangtang departed alone.

Xu Xiaoshou arrived in East Heavenly King City, built the First Pavilion Under Heaven, and used a Red-Gold Elixir deal and a recruitment event to establish his presence. As factions watched the city ahead of Sky City’s arrival, he trapped raiders and discovered that a suspicious old applicant was actually a Void Stage expert.

• Long Rongzhi’s failed pill experiment drew holy traces, and Mu Lin learned that Sang Qiye had sent word about Xu Xiaoshou, prompting Bai Lian to send Hua Xiang to find him.
• Xu Xiaoshou entered East Heavenly King City with Mu Zixi, Xin Gugu, and Mo Mo, learned about the advanced trial and Sky City, and decided to establish a faction called First Pavilion Under Heaven.
• Xu Xiaoshou struck a lucrative Red-Gold Elixir deal with the Gold-Rich Trading Company and learned that a Void Token connected to Sky City would appear at Night Cats’ Spirit Palace Trading Fair.
• Xu Xiaoshou leased Pilgrimage Tower, renamed it First Pavilion Under Heaven, and used its Eight Trigrams Pilgrimage Diagram to trap Jiang Tai and Jiang Yu when they came to seize women from his group.
• Xu Xiaoshou’s group captured and interrogated the raiders, while Xin Gugu left Jiang Yu a wooden box containing a severed human leg.
• Xu Xiaoshou held a crowded recruitment event to attract attention and Passive Value, rejected a spy, and heard Xiao Wanfeng offer valuable information about Sky City in exchange for protection.
• Fang Zheng ordered Xu Xiaoshou to end recruitment, but Xu Xiaoshou refused until an elderly applicant named Old Mei offered to join and was revealed to be a Void Stage expert.

Xu Xiaoshou entered the Heavenly Net Battles, where he turned the contest into a spectacle, defeated Luo Yin, and helped Xiao Wanfeng win a trial qualification. Back at First Pavilion Under Heaven, Xu Xiaoshou uncovered a threat to Mu Zixi and hired Night Cats to spread word that Void Island was about to open.

• Xu Xiaoshou refused Mei Suren’s offer to become his disciple, while Xiao Wanfeng also declined Mei’s guidance and discussed the Hidden Sword Art.
• After learning that the Royal City Trial would take place in the Yunlun Mountain Range, Xu Xiaoshou entered the Heavenly Net Battles and drew a huge crowd under the name Xu Deyi.
• Xu Xiaoshou survived the battle’s opening by killing Bi Kong and offering rewards to contestants who could wound him or Xiao Wanfeng.
• Xu Xiaoshou used Xiao Wanfeng to interrupt the fight between Mu Zixi and Luo Yin, then confronted Luo Yin and wounded him with Hidden Pain.
• After Xu Xiaoshou offered her the championship, Mu Zixi refused, and the host announced Xiao Wanfeng as the winner and a trial qualifier.
• Xu Xiaoshou raised his Resilience and Sharpness, awakened Inch-Realm Force Field, and learned from Jiang Tai that Jiang Xian had sent attackers targeting Mu Zixi’s God-Devil Pupils.
• Xu Xiaoshou pressed Mu Zixi about the Heaven-Knowing Eye, then met Yuan Haisheng and Liu Lu and asked Night Cats to spread news of Void Island across East Heavenly King City.
• Xu Xiaoshou agreed to pay Night Cats three billion Spirit Crystals for the job, and Sword Elder warned Yuan Haisheng that a powerful presence at the pavilion could annihilate him.

Xu Xiaoshou investigated Jiang Xian, fought a Yama operative, and gathered allies and Void Tokens as rumors about the Sacred Secret Land spread. The Spirit Palace Trading Fair opened with a Void Token, prompting a crash from the Holy Spirit Hall’s private room.

• Xu Xiaoshou ordered Liu Lu to investigate Jiang Xian’s guards, then discovered Greed God refining Red-Gold Elixir in the Origin Mansion and let it continue under strict terms.
• Xu Xiaoshou learned Jiang Xian was seeking the God-Devil Pupils, disguised himself as the Eighth Sword Immortal, and took Jiang Xian’s Heaven-Knowing Pearl.
• A Yama operative attacked Xu Xiaoshou for the Heaven-Knowing Eye, but A-Jie helped him defeat Nine Nether Ghost Infant before a golden-masked Yama arrived and took the wounded man away.
• Lei Shuangxing killed a Yama operative who had targeted Mu Zixi, while Hua Xiang arrived in Royal City searching for Xu Xiaoshou and met the Tiansang City delegation.
• Storyteller and Lei Shuangxing delivered three Void Tokens to Xu Xiaoshou, who then warned his companions about masked Yama figures and made the Heaven-Knowing Eye a world-stabilizing treasure in the Origin Mansion.
• Xu Xiaoshou brought his companions to the Spirit Palace Trading Fair, where Liu Lu explained the rules and Xu Xiaoshou considered what he could offer for trade.
• Night Cats opened the fair with an ancient black token that Xu Xiaoshou recognized as a Void Token, and a crash came from the Holy Spirit Hall’s private room.